English Grammar - Narration: 138 MCQs with Answers
English Grammar- Narration
Learn Narration (Direct and Indirect Speech) in English Grammar with complete explanations, reporting verbs, tense changes, pronoun changes, time and place expressions, punctuation rules, sentence transformation, examples, exercises, and multiple-choice questions (MCQs). This comprehensive guide is ideal for school students and candidates preparing for HTET, CTET, TET, SSC, Banking, UPSC, NDA, CDS, and other competitive examinations.
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0%Q121. Choose the correct shift of 'yesterday' in indirect speech.
Right Answer: yesterday shifts to the day before/the previous day.
Explanation:
'Yesterday' shifts to 'the day before' or 'the previous day' in indirect speech.
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Q123. Choose the correct shift of 'last week' in indirect speech.
Right Answer: last week shifts to the previous week/the week before.
Explanation:
'Last week' shifts to 'the previous week' or 'the week before' in indirect speech.
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Q124. Choose the correct shift of 'here' in indirect speech (reported elsewhere).
Right Answer: here shifts to there.
Explanation:
'Here' shifts to 'there' in indirect speech when reported in a different location.
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Q125. Identify the correct shift of 'this' (referring to place/thing) in indirect speech.
Right Answer: this shifts to that.
Explanation:
'This' shifts to 'that' in indirect speech, reflecting distance from the original context.
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Q127. Identify the sentence with the correct place expression shift: He said, 'I will meet you here tomorrow.'
Right Answer: He said that he would meet me there the next day.
Explanation:
Both the place expression ('here' to 'there') and time expression ('tomorrow' to 'the next day') shift correctly in this indirect speech version.
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Q128. Choose the correct rule regarding place expressions in indirect speech.
Right Answer: Words indicating proximity (here, this) generally shift to words indicating distance (there, that).
Explanation:
Proximity words like 'here'/'this' shift to distance words like 'there'/'that' to reflect the change in speaker/time perspective.
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Q129. Choose the appropriate reporting verb for a question: He said, 'Are you coming?'
Right Answer: asked
Explanation:
'Asked' is the appropriate reporting verb for questions, replacing 'said'.
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