Narration MCQ
1. Change the narration: She asked me, "Are you happy with your life?"
She asked me if I am happy with my life.
She asked me if I was happy with my life.
She asked me if I had been happy with my life.
She asked me if I were happy with my life.
2. Change the narration : The captain says, 'Company, move forward.'
Reporting verb present tense-এ থাকায় এবং captain company-কে command করে, request নয় সুতরাং প্রদত্ত বাক্যটির সঠিক narration হলো The captain commands the company to move forward ।
The Captain commands the company to move forward.
The Captain Commanded to move the company forward.
The Captain instructed the company for a forward move.
The Captain requests the company to move forward.
3. The indirect form of the sentence "He said, 'Let us go for a walk." is
Indirect narration করার ক্ষেত্রে let us থাকা বাক্যকে sub + suggested that + sub + should + verb এই structure টি follow করতে হয়।
He said that they must go for a walk.
He suggested that they should go for a walk.
He proposed that they would go for walk.
He proposed to go for walk.
4. Select the correct change of speech. 'What do you want?' She asked him.
প্রদত্ত Direct speech এর Indirect speech হলো (ক) She asked him what he wanted এখানে reporting verb past tense হওয়ায় reported speech যে Past indefinite tense form-এ হয়েছে এবং প্রশ্নবোধক চিহ্ন উঠে গেছে।
She asked him what he wanted.
She asked him what he wants.
She asks him what he wants.
She wanted him.
5. The indirect form of the sentence, He said, 'We cannot be quite happy in this life' should be
Reported speech টি চিরসত্য হওয়ায় indirect-এ রূপান্তরের সময় sub এবং verb পরিবর্তন হবে না। Reporting verb এবং reported speech-এর মাঝে শুধু that বসিয়ে indirect form করতে হবে। সুতরাং প্রদত্ত বাক্যটির indirect form হলো : He said that we cannot be quite happy in this life.
He said that we could not be quite happy in this life.
He said that we cannot be quite happy in this life.
He said that they cannot be quite happy in this life.
He said that they could not be quite happy in this life.
6. The indirect form of the sentence 'We were told, the match had already started when she arrived' is
Direct narration-এ past perfect থাকলে তা indirect narration-এ past perfect-ই হবে। আর past indefinite tense-এ থাকলে past perfect-এ রূপান্তরিত হবে।
We were told the match had already started when she arrived.
We were told the match had already started when she had arrived.
We were told the match had already been started when she arrived.
We were told the match already started when she had arrived.
7. Which is the reported speech of the sentence 'He said, 'the earth moves round the sun'?
Indirect speech-এর নিয়ম অনুসারে Assertive sentence-এর ক্ষেত্রে inverted comma উঠে সেখানে that বসে। আবার Reported speech যদি Universal truth হয় তাহলে Indirect-এ তার Tenseটি অপরিবর্তিত থাকে। প্রদত্ত বাক্যে "The earth moves round the sun' চিরন্তন সত্য হওয়ায় তা অপরিবর্তিত আছে।
He said that the earth was moving round the sun.
He said that the earth is moving round the sun.
He said that the earth moved round the sun.
He said that the earth moves round the sun.
8. He said, 'I can do the work.' The indirect narration is-
Reporting verb past tense-এ হলে indirect narration-এ রূপান্তর করতে reported speech-এর sub reporting verb এর sub অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তন হবে এবং reported speech-এর verb ও নিয়ম অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তন হবে। সে অনুযায়ী সঠিক উত্তর ঘ।
He said that he can do the work.
He said that I could do the work.
He said that I will do the work.
He said that he could do the work.
9. Change the form of narration: The teacher said, "Honesty is the best policy."
The teacher said that Honesty is the best policy.
The teacher said that Honesty was the best policy.
The teacher said that Honesty had been the best policy.
The teacher said that Honesty should be the best policy.
10. The indirect form of the sentence 'He said, 'Let me have some milk'. is:
Direct speech টি let দ্বারা শুরু হলে let দ্বারা যদি proposal বা suggestion না বোঝায়, তাহলে reporting verb-এর কোনো পরিবর্তন হয় না এবং linker হিসেবে that + sub + might + verb₁ হয়। গঠন অনুযায়ী (গ) অপশনের বাক্যটি সঠিক।
He said that he wanted same milk
He prayed that he might have some milk
He said that he might have some milk
He wished that he might have some milk
11. The indirect form of the sentence 'Farida said to her mother, I shall go to bed now' is-
Reported speech-এ first person থাকলে reporting verb-এর sub অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তিত হবে আর future tense-এ থাকলে তা future in the past এবং now, then-এ রূপান্তরিত হবে। সুতরাং সঠিক indirect form হলো Farida told her mother that she would go to bed then I
Farida told her mother that she will go to bed now.
Farida told her mother that she should go to bed.
Farida told her mother that she will go to bed.
Farida told her mother that she would go to bed then.
12. Choose the right indirect Speech: 'What are you doing? asked the teacher.
Wh যুক্ত বাক্যটিকে indirect narration করার structure: Sub + asked + what + sub + was doing (reporting verb past হলে reported speechটি present tense-এ থাকলে past হয়) + obj + extension.
The teacher asked what he was doing.
The teacher asked what was he doing.
The teacher asked what is he doing.
The teacher asked what are you doing.
13. The indirect form of the sentence 'She said to him, I don't believe you' should be
[Note: Indirect speech-এ said to, told-এ রূপান্তরিত হয়। Reported speech-এর sub, obj. এবং reporting verb-এর sub, obj. অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তিত হয়। Present indefinite tense past indefinite tense-এ পরিবর্তিত হয়। আর দুই clause-এর মাঝে that বসে। সুতরাং সঠিক indirect narration হবে She told him that she didn't believe him | প্রদত্ত 'ক' option-এ told-এর পরে to না থাকলে বাক্যটি সঠিক হতো ।।
She told to him that she did not believe him.
She said to him that she had not believed him.
She said she did not believe him.
She said to him that she never believed him.
14. Choose the correct indirect speech-She asked me, 'Are you happy in your new job?"
Reported speech-এর sub second person হলে তা reporting verb-এর obj কে follow করে আর present indefinite tense থাকলে তা past indefinite tense-এ হয়। সুতরাং সঠিক indirect speech হলো She asked me if I was happy in my new job.
She asked me if I had been happy in my new job.
She asked me if I was happy in my new job.
She asked me if have been happy in my new job.
She asked me whether I am happy in my new job.
15. He said to her 'What a cold day!' The indirect speech of this :
Exclamatory sentence-কে indirect speech করতে said to এর পরিবর্তে exclaimed এবং subject না থাকলে subject যোগ করতে হবে এবং যদি বাক্যে Adjective বা Noun থাকে তাহলে ঐ Adjective এর পূর্বে very/completely এবং Noun-এর আগে great যোগ করতে হবে।
He told her that it was a cold day.
He exclaimed that it was a cold day.
He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was a cold day.
He exclaimed that it was a very cold day.
16. He said, 'I can do the work'. The indirect narration is-
Reported speech-এর 1st person এবং verb, reporting verb-এর sub এবং verb অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তিত হয়। সুতরাং বাক্যটির সঠিক indirect narration- He said that he could do the work.
He said that I will do the work.
He said that he could do the work.
He said that he can do the work.
He said that I could do the work.
17. Change the narration : He remarked, 'Two and two makes four'.
Reported speech-এ যদি universal truth বা চিরন্তন সত্য কোনো উদ্ধৃতি থাকে তবে তা indirect speech এ অপরিবর্তিত থাকে। প্রদত্ত বাক্যটি কোনো advice বা উপদেশ নয়। এটি একটি Remark উদ্ধৃতি যা চিরন্তন সত্য। সুতরাং সঠিক উত্তর (গ)।
He remarked that two and two would make four.
He remarked that two and two made four.
He remarked that two and two makes four.
He adviced that two and two makes four.
18. The teacher said, 'Thank you, my boys.' The indirect narration of the sentence is
Direct narration-এ thank you, thanks ইত্যাদি থাকলে said-এর পরিবর্তে thanked বসে বিধায় প্রদত্ত বাক্যটির indirect narration হলো The teacher thanked the boys .
The teacher said that thank you my boys.
The teacher told the boys and thanked them.
The teacher thanked the boys.
The boys were thanked by the teacher.
19. The direct form of the indirect sentence. 'He said that the patient had died early in the morning' is -
Indirect sentence-কে direct করতে reported speech এবং reported verb দুই অংশে ভাগ করতে হবে। That পরবর্তী clauseটি past perfect থাকলে direct এ এসে তা past indefinite tense এ রূপান্তরিত হবে। সুতরাং প্রদত্ত বাক্যটির direct form হলো- He said, 'the patient died early in the morning'.
He said, 'the patient has died early in the morning.'
He said 'the patient had died early in the morning.'
He said 'the patient died early in the last morning.'
He said, 'the patient died early in the morning.'
20. I said to him, 'Is he a Doctor?' Turn the sentence into indirect speech.
Reporting verb টি past tense এ হলে আর reported speech টি wh question বিহীন interrogative হলে if বা whether বসবে আর reported speech এর verb পরিবর্তন হবে এবং Reporting verb asked-এ রূপান্তরিত হবে। সুতরাং সঠিক উত্তর: I asked him whether he was a doctor.
I said to him that he was a doctor.
I said to him whether he is a doctor.
I asked him whether he is a doctor.
I asked him whether he was a doctor.