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English speaking lesson 26: Changing sentences: reported speech · Set 791 · 40 questions
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How to say it (He said that + sentence; She asked if + sentence): Negative: add not / don't / doesn't (She can swim → She cannot swim). Question: move the helping verb first (Can she swim?). Reporting: He said, "I am tired." → He said that he was tired. (tense usually goes one step back: am → was, will → would) said + that (no person); told + person (told me that...). Questions: She asked, "Are you free?" → She asked if I was free. Wh-: She asked where I was going.

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  1. 1.The teacher told us ___ quiet. (a) be (b) being (c) to be
  2. 2.Make a sentence: like / I / this / song. / do / not
  3. 3.Make a sentence: she / that / call / Neha / said / me. / would
  4. 4.What does “He said that he was tired.” mean? (a) क्या तुम्हें यह गाना पसंद है? (b) क्या वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं? (c) उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था।
  5. 5.Make a sentence: I / free. / if / asked / She / was
  6. 6.Make a sentence: rest. / said / doctor / The / should / that / I
  7. 7.Make a sentence: Can / swim? / she
  8. 8.My friend asked ___ I was coming. (a) what (b) that (c) if
  9. 9.She drives. → She ___ drive. (a) doesn't (b) don't (c) isn't
  10. 10.Choose the English for: “वह तैर नहीं सकती।” (a) They are playing cricket. (b) She can swim. (c) She cannot swim.
  11. 11.Choose the English for: “माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ।” (a) She asked if I was free. (b) My mother asked me where I was going. (c) She can swim.
  12. 12.What does “Ravi told me that the shop was closed.” mean? (a) वह तैर सकती है। (b) रवि ने मुझे बताया कि दुकान बंद थी। (c) मुझे यह गाना पसंद नहीं है।
  13. 13.Choose the English for: “वह तैर सकती है।” (a) She can swim. (b) Neha said that she would call me. (c) She cannot swim.
  14. 14.Choose the English for: “मुझे यह गाना पसंद है।” (a) I do not like this song. (b) Can she swim? (c) I like this song.
  15. 15."I am busy." → She said that she ___ busy. (a) were (b) was (c) am
  16. 16.What does “Do you like this song?” mean? (a) माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ। (b) क्या तुम्हें यह गाना पसंद है? (c) उसने पूछा कि क्या मैं खाली हूँ।
  17. 17.Make a sentence: She / that / liked / said / mangoes. / she
  18. 18.Riya asked me where I ___ going. (a) were (b) be (c) was
  19. 19.What does “She cannot swim.” mean? (a) क्या वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं? (b) माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ। (c) वह तैर नहीं सकती।
  20. 20.Choose the English for: “क्या वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं?” (a) Can she swim? (b) Are they playing cricket? (c) My mother asked me where I was going.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: I / this / song. / like / not / do
  22. 22.He ___ that he was hungry. (a) told (b) said (c) asked
  23. 23.Make a sentence: down. / to / us / told / sit / teacher / The
  24. 24.Choose the English for: “अमन ने कहा कि वह अपना काम पूरा कर चुका था।” (a) The teacher told us to sit down. (b) Aman said that he had finished his work. (c) My mother asked me where I was going.
  25. 25.What does “The doctor said that I should rest.” mean? (a) वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं। (b) क्या वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं? (c) डॉक्टर ने कहा कि मुझे आराम करना चाहिए।
  26. 26.Make a sentence: cannot / She / swim.
  27. 27.What does “Can she swim?” mean? (a) क्या वह तैर सकती है? (b) उसने पूछा कि क्या बस निकल चुकी थी। (c) वह तैर सकती है।
  28. 28.What does “They are playing cricket.” mean? (a) वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं। (b) वह तैर नहीं सकती। (c) उसने पूछा कि क्या बस निकल चुकी थी।
  29. 29.Make a sentence: left. / He / bus / had / asked / the / whether
  30. 30.Make a sentence: that / said / liked / she / She / mangoes.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Ravi / shop / the / me / that / was / told / closed.
  32. 32.She ___ me that the class was cancelled. (a) spoke (b) said (c) told
  33. 33.Make a sentence: shop / that / told / was / me / closed. / the / Ravi
  34. 34.What does “Are they playing cricket?” mean? (a) उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था। (b) क्या वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं? (c) मुझे यह गाना पसंद नहीं है।
  35. 35.What does “He asked me not to be late.” mean? (a) क्या वह तैर सकती है? (b) उसने मुझसे देर न करने को कहा। (c) अमन ने कहा कि वह अपना काम पूरा कर चुका था।
  36. 36.Make a sentence: not / like / this / do / I / song.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: can / She / swim.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: I / this / song. / like
  39. 39.Choose the English for: “उसने मुझसे देर न करने को कहा।” (a) Do you like this song? (b) They are playing cricket. (c) He asked me not to be late.
  40. 40.What does “He asked whether the bus had left.” mean? (a) रवि ने मुझे बताया कि दुकान बंद थी। (b) उसने मुझसे देर न करने को कहा। (c) उसने पूछा कि क्या बस निकल चुकी थी।

Answer key

  1. to be
  2. I do not like this song.
  3. Neha said that she would call me.
  4. उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था।
  5. She asked if I was free.
  6. The doctor said that I should rest.
  7. Can she swim?
  8. if
  9. doesn't
  10. She cannot swim.
  11. My mother asked me where I was going.
  12. रवि ने मुझे बताया कि दुकान बंद थी।
  13. She can swim.
  14. I like this song.
  15. was
  16. क्या तुम्हें यह गाना पसंद है?
  17. She said that she liked mangoes.
  18. was
  19. वह तैर नहीं सकती।
  20. Are they playing cricket?
  21. I do not like this song.
  22. said
  23. The teacher told us to sit down.
  24. Aman said that he had finished his work.
  25. डॉक्टर ने कहा कि मुझे आराम करना चाहिए।
  26. She cannot swim.
  27. क्या वह तैर सकती है?
  28. वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं।
  29. He asked whether the bus had left.
  30. She said that she liked mangoes.
  31. Ravi told me that the shop was closed.
  32. told
  33. Ravi told me that the shop was closed.
  34. क्या वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं?
  35. उसने मुझसे देर न करने को कहा।
  36. I do not like this song.
  37. She can swim.
  38. I like this song.
  39. He asked me not to be late.
  40. उसने पूछा कि क्या बस निकल चुकी थी।

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