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English speaking lesson 26: Changing sentences: reported speech · Set 832 · 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.What does “She can swim.” mean? (a) रवि ने मुझे बताया कि दुकान बंद थी। (b) वह तैर सकती है। (c) मुझे यह गाना पसंद नहीं है।
  2. 2.What does “She asked if I was free.” mean? (a) रवि ने मुझे बताया कि दुकान बंद थी। (b) वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं। (c) उसने पूछा कि क्या मैं खाली हूँ।
  3. 3."I like tea." → He said that he ___ tea. (a) liking (b) liked (c) like
  4. 4.You are ready. → ___ you ready? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Do
  5. 5.What does “I like this song.” mean? (a) मुझे यह गाना पसंद है। (b) रवि ने मुझे बताया कि दुकान बंद थी। (c) माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ।
  6. 6.My friend asked ___ I was coming. (a) that (b) if (c) what
  7. 7.She ___ me that the class was cancelled. (a) told (b) spoke (c) said
  8. 8.What does “They are playing cricket.” mean? (a) उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था। (b) वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं। (c) टीचर ने हमें बैठने को कहा।
  9. 9.Riya asked me where I ___ going. (a) were (b) be (c) was
  10. 10.What does “Can she swim?” mean? (a) क्या वह तैर सकती है? (b) रवि ने मुझे बताया कि दुकान बंद थी। (c) क्या वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं?
  11. 11.Choose the English for: “क्या वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं?” (a) She can swim. (b) Are they playing cricket? (c) Do you like this song?
  12. 12.What does “She said that she liked mangoes.” mean? (a) वह तैर सकती है। (b) रवि ने मुझे बताया कि दुकान बंद थी। (c) उसने कहा कि उसे आम पसंद हैं।
  13. 13.Make a sentence: Do / you / song? / this / like
  14. 14.Make a sentence: he / that / his / work. / said / Aman / finished / had
  15. 15.What does “The teacher told us to sit down.” mean? (a) टीचर ने हमें बैठने को कहा। (b) माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ। (c) उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था।
  16. 16.Choose the English for: “माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ।” (a) I do not like this song. (b) Are they playing cricket? (c) My mother asked me where I was going.
  17. 17.Make a sentence: The / that / rest. / said / I / should / doctor
  18. 18.He ___ that he was hungry. (a) asked (b) told (c) said
  19. 19.Make a sentence: Neha / me. / she / said / that / call / would
  20. 20.What does “My mother asked me where I was going.” mean? (a) माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ। (b) उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था। (c) वह तैर नहीं सकती।
  21. 21."I am busy." → She said that she ___ busy. (a) was (b) were (c) am
  22. 22.Make a sentence: playing / Are / cricket? / they
  23. 23.Make a sentence: he / that / Aman / his / said / had / work. / finished
  24. 24.Make a sentence: I / rest. / that / should / The / said / doctor
  25. 25.Make a sentence: the / was / told / closed. / that / shop / me / Ravi
  26. 26.Make a sentence: bus / whether / had / the / left. / He / asked
  27. 27.Make a sentence: He / bus / whether / the / left. / asked / had
  28. 28.Make a sentence: they / cricket? / Are / playing
  29. 29.Make a sentence: My / was / asked / mother / me / going. / where / I
  30. 30.Make a sentence: this / you / like / song? / Do
  31. 31.Make a sentence: swim? / she / Can
  32. 32.What does “Aman said that he had finished his work.” mean? (a) डॉक्टर ने कहा कि मुझे आराम करना चाहिए। (b) अमन ने कहा कि वह अपना काम पूरा कर चुका था। (c) क्या वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं?
  33. 33.Make a sentence: mangoes. / that / She / she / liked / said
  34. 34.Make a sentence: free. / asked / was / I / She / if
  35. 35.She drives. → She ___ drive. (a) don't (b) isn't (c) doesn't
  36. 36.What does “He said that he was tired.” mean? (a) नेहा ने कहा कि वह मुझे फ़ोन करेगी। (b) वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं। (c) उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था।
  37. 37.Make a sentence: that / he / his / said / Aman / had / work. / finished
  38. 38.Choose the English for: “उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था।” (a) She asked if I was free. (b) She cannot swim. (c) He said that he was tired.
  39. 39.Choose the English for: “अमन ने कहा कि वह अपना काम पूरा कर चुका था।” (a) My mother asked me where I was going. (b) Aman said that he had finished his work. (c) The teacher told us to sit down.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Do / like / this / you / song?

Answer key

  1. वह तैर सकती है।
  2. उसने पूछा कि क्या मैं खाली हूँ।
  3. liked
  4. Are
  5. मुझे यह गाना पसंद है।
  6. if
  7. told
  8. वे क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं।
  9. was
  10. क्या वह तैर सकती है?
  11. Are they playing cricket?
  12. उसने कहा कि उसे आम पसंद हैं।
  13. Do you like this song?
  14. Aman said that he had finished his work.
  15. टीचर ने हमें बैठने को कहा।
  16. My mother asked me where I was going.
  17. The doctor said that I should rest.
  18. said
  19. Neha said that she would call me.
  20. माँ ने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं कहाँ जा रहा हूँ।
  21. was
  22. Are they playing cricket?
  23. Aman said that he had finished his work.
  24. The doctor said that I should rest.
  25. Ravi told me that the shop was closed.
  26. He asked whether the bus had left.
  27. He asked whether the bus had left.
  28. Are they playing cricket?
  29. My mother asked me where I was going.
  30. Do you like this song?
  31. Can she swim?
  32. अमन ने कहा कि वह अपना काम पूरा कर चुका था।
  33. She said that she liked mangoes.
  34. She asked if I was free.
  35. doesn't
  36. उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था।
  37. Aman said that he had finished his work.
  38. He said that he was tired.
  39. Aman said that he had finished his work.
  40. Do you like this song?

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