CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: He said to me, "Which book do you prefer?"
A. He asked me which book did I prefer.
B. He asked me that which book I preferred.
C. He asked me which book I preferred.
D. He said me which book I preferred.
Correct Answer: C
The WH-word is retained, but indirect questions use statement word order rather than interrogative inversion.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: Mother said to the child, "Where have you put your shoes?"
A. Mother asked the child where had he put his shoes.
B. Mother asked the child where he had put his shoes.
C. Mother said the child where he had put his shoes.
D. Mother asked the child that where he had put his shoes.
Correct Answer: B
The WH-word is retained, but indirect questions use statement word order rather than interrogative inversion.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: The officer said, "How did the accident happen?"
A. The officer asked that how the accident had happened.
B. The officer asked how did the accident happen.
C. The officer asked how the accident had happened.
D. The officer said how the accident had happened.
Correct Answer: C
The WH-word is retained, but indirect questions use statement word order rather than interrogative inversion.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: She said to me, "What are you doing?"
A. She asked me what I was doing.
B. She asked me that what I was doing.
C. She said me what I was doing.
D. She asked me what was I doing.
Correct Answer: A
The WH-word is retained, but indirect questions use statement word order rather than interrogative inversion.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: He said to her, "When will you return?"
A. He asked her that when she would return.
B. He asked her when would she return.
C. He said her when she would return.
D. He asked her when she would return.
Correct Answer: D
The WH-word is retained, but indirect questions use statement word order rather than interrogative inversion.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: The teacher said, "Who has broken the window?"
A. The teacher asked who had broken the window.
B. The teacher asked who has broken the window.
C. The teacher said who had broken the window.
D. The teacher asked that who had broken the window.
Correct Answer: A
The WH-word is retained, but indirect questions use statement word order rather than interrogative inversion.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: She said to him, "Why are you late?"
A. She asked him why was he late.
B. She asked him why he was late.
C. She asked him that why he was late.
D. She said him why he was late.
Correct Answer: B
The WH-word is retained, but indirect questions use statement word order rather than interrogative inversion.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: He said to me, "Where do you live?"
A. He asked me where did I live.
B. He asked me where I lived.
C. He said me where I lived.
D. He asked me that where I lived.
Correct Answer: B
The WH-word is retained, but indirect questions use statement word order rather than interrogative inversion.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: She said to them, "Were you waiting outside?"
A. She asked them if they had been waiting outside.
B. She asked them if had they been waiting outside.
C. She said to them that they had been waiting outside.
D. She asked them that they had been waiting outside.
Correct Answer: A
A yes/no question is reported with asked + if/whether, followed by statement word order.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: He said to us, "May I join you?"
A. He asked us if he might join us.
B. He said to us that he might join us.
C. He asked us if might he join us.
D. He asked us that he might join us.
Correct Answer: A
A yes/no question is reported with asked + if/whether, followed by statement word order.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: The doctor said to him, "Have you taken the medicine?"
A. The doctor said to him that he had taken the medicine.
B. The doctor asked him if had he taken the medicine.
C. The doctor asked him that he had taken the medicine.
D. The doctor asked him if he had taken the medicine.
Correct Answer: D
A yes/no question is reported with asked + if/whether, followed by statement word order.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: Mother said to the child, "Are you feeling better?"
A. Mother asked the child if he was feeling better.
B. Mother asked the child that he was feeling better.
C. Mother said to the child that he was feeling better.
D. Mother asked the child if was he feeling better.
Correct Answer: A
A yes/no question is reported with asked + if/whether, followed by statement word order.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: The officer said to the clerk, "Did you send the letter?"
A. The officer said to the clerk that he had sent the letter.
B. The officer asked the clerk if did he send the letter.
C. The officer asked the clerk that he had sent the letter.
D. The officer asked the clerk if he had sent the letter.
Correct Answer: D
A yes/no question is reported with asked + if/whether, followed by statement word order.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: She said to me, "Can you drive?"
A. She asked me if could I drive.
B. She said to me that I could drive.
C. She asked me if I could drive.
D. She asked me that I could drive.
Correct Answer: C
A yes/no question is reported with asked + if/whether, followed by statement word order.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: He said to her, "Will you join the workshop?"
A. He said to her that she would join the workshop.
B. He asked her if she would join the workshop.
C. He asked her if would she join the workshop.
D. He asked her that she would join the workshop.
Correct Answer: B
A yes/no question is reported with asked + if/whether, followed by statement word order.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: The teacher said to Ali, "Have you completed the homework?"
A. The teacher said Ali that he had completed the homework.
B. The teacher asked Ali that he had completed the homework.
C. The teacher asked Ali if he had completed the homework.
D. The teacher asked Ali if had he completed the homework.
Correct Answer: C
A yes/no question is reported with asked + if/whether, followed by statement word order.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: She said to him, "Do you know the answer?"
A. She asked him that he knew the answer.
B. She said to him that he knew the answer.
C. She asked him if did he know the answer.
D. She asked him if he knew the answer.
Correct Answer: D
A yes/no question is reported with asked + if/whether, followed by statement word order.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: He said to me, "Are you ready?"
A. He asked me if was I ready.
B. He asked me if I was ready.
C. He asked me that I was ready.
D. He said to me that I was ready.
Correct Answer: B
A yes/no question is reported with asked + if/whether, followed by statement word order.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: He said, "I will be here next Monday."
A. He said that he would be here the following Monday.
B. He said that he will be here next Monday.
C. He said that he would be there the following Monday.
D. He told that he would be there the following Monday.
Correct Answer: C
Time and place expressions are adjusted when the reporting context changes, e.g. tomorrow → the next day and here → there.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Direct and Indirect Narration
Change into indirect speech: She said, "I bought this car a month ago."
A. She said that she had bought this car a month before.
B. She told that she had bought that car a month before.
C. She said that she had bought that car a month before.
D. She said that she bought this car a month ago.
Correct Answer: C
Time and place expressions are adjusted when the reporting context changes, e.g. tomorrow → the next day and here → there.