Narration MCQ
21. Angel said, "I bought a pen yesterday."
Reporting verbটি past tense-এ এবং reported speechটি past indefinite tense-এ হলে তা পরিবর্তিত হয়ে past perfect tense-এ হয় এবং subject টিও reporting verb-এর sub অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তিত হবে। সুতরাং সঠিক উত্তর (ক)।
Angel said that she had bought a pen the day before.
Angel said that I had bought a pen the day before.
Angel said that she bought a pen the day before.
Angel said that she has bought a pen today.
22. Choose the indirect speech of the sentence. He said to me "Thank you"
Reporting verb past tense-এ থাকায় বাক্যটির indirect narration হবে He thanked me । এখানে me object টি reporting verb-এর object অনুসারে পরিবর্তিত হয়েছে।
He thanks you
He thanked you
He thanks you
He thanked me.
23. Turn into the indirect form of speech: "How cruel the boss is!" said the clerk.
Exclamatory sentenceটির indirect narration-এর structure হলো subject + exclaimed + that + reported speech-এর sub + reporting verb অনুযায়ী verb form + very/great + adjective.
The clerk said that the boss was very cruel.
The clerk exclaimed that the boss was very cruel.
The clerk told that the boss is very cruel.
The clerk describe that the boss was very cruel.
24. "I don't know the way. Do you?" She asked.
'I don't know the way. Do you?' She asked-এর indirect speech হলো She said that she didn't know the way and asked me if I did.
She said that she didn't know the way and did I know it.
She said that she didn't know the way and asked me if I did.
She told that she was not knowing the way, but wondered if I knew.
She asked me if I knew the way which she didn't.
25. He said, "I have been working since sunrise."
সাধারণত Direct speech এর বাক্যটি যদি present perfect continuous tense এর হয় তাহলে indirect speech এ বাক্যটিকে past perfect continuous-এ রূপান্তর করতে হয়। অপশন 'ঘ'-তে ব্যবহৃত বাক্যটি past perfect continuous এ আছে তাই সঠিক উত্তর (ঘ)।
He said that he was worked fo sunrise.
He said that he has been woring since sunrise.
He said that he is woring since sunrise
He said that he had been working since sunrise.
26. The Captain ordered the soldiers to march on' বাক্যটির direct speech:
Reporting verb-এ said to somebody বসে। আর order থাকাতে reported speech এ imperative sentence ব্যবহৃত হবে। সুতরাং সঠিক direct speech হলো The captain said to the soldiers, 'March on' .
The Captain asked, 'Soldiers, march on.'
The Captain said, to the soldiers, 'Please march on.'
The Captain said, 'Soldiers, I ask you to march on.'
The Captain said to the soldiers, 'March on.'
27. Find out the correct sentence in indirect speech. He said to me, 'What are you doing?'
Interrogative বাক্যকে passive করতে said to সাধারণত asked-এ রূপান্তরিত হয়। তারপর wh word + sub (ob-কে follow করে) + verb (present continuous থাকলে past continuous-এ রূপান্তরিত হয়)। সুতরাং প্রদত্ত direct speech-এর indirect form হলো: He asked me what I was doing I
He said what was to do.
He said about my doing.
He said to me what I am dong.
He asked me what I was doing.
28. He told, "Do the work."
প্রশ্নে প্রদত্ত বাক্যটি একটি Imperative sentence যেটাকে Indirect speech এ রুপান্তর করতে যে নিয়মটি অনুসরণ করতে হবে: Sub: + ask/order/command/ request + inverted কমা উঠে গিয়ে to + Reported speech এর মূল verb + object। সুতরাং উক্ত নিয়ম অনুসারে সঠিক উত্তর (গ)।
He said that do the work.
He requested doing the work.
He asked to do the work.
He told doing the work.
29. The old man said, 'Curse the flood.' The indirect form of the sentence is -
বৃদ্ধ লোকটি বন্যাকে অভিশাপ করছে, তিনি অন্যকে অভিশাপ করতে বলছে না অর্থাৎ ইংরেজিতে অভিশাপ দিতে The old man cursed the flood ব্যবহৃত হয়। Reported verbটি past form-এ থাকায় বাক্যে curse-এর past form cursed ব্যবহৃত হবে।
The old man said that the flood be cursed.
The old man cursed the flood.
The old man told that the flood is cursed.
The old man was cursing the flood.
30. The man said, "No, I refused to confer guilt."
'জোড়ালোভাবে প্রত্যাখ্যান' বোঝাতে Indirect Narration-এ 'refuse' verb-এর পূর্বে 'emphatically' adverb-টি ব্যবহৃত হয়।
The man empathically refused to confer guilt.
The man was stubborn enough to confer guilt.
The man refused to confers his guilt.
The man told that he did not confers guilt.
31. Choose the indirect speech of the following: The stranger said to me, "Could you help me?"
Auxiliary verb দ্বারা question করলে reporting verb টি 'ask' হয় আর reported speech টি Affirmative করার জন্য if/whether দ্বারা শুরু করতে হয়।
The stranger asked me if I could help him.
The stranger said to me if I could help him.
The stranger asked me if I might help him.
The stranger told me to help him.
32. Turn into the direct form of speech: 'Rimi said that her brother was getting married."
Indirect speech থেকে direct speech-এ রূপান্তরের ক্ষেত্রে tense, pronoun-এর পরিবর্তন হবে এবং that উঠে যাবে এবং reported speech টি inverted comma-এর মাঝে বসবে। সুতরাং সঠিক answer: Rimi said, "My brother is getting married."
Rimi said, "Her brother is getting married."
Rimi told, "Her brother is getting married."
Rimi said, "My brother is getting married."
Rimi said, "My brother was getting married."
33. Turn into the indirect form of speech: Rimon said, "This is my book."
Indirect narration-এর ক্ষেত্রে tell/say দুটি ব্যবহার করা যায় তবে যদি indirect object (ব্যক্তিবাচক) থাকে তাহলে tell ব্যবহৃত হবে, না হলে say ব্যবহৃত হবে। আর reporting verb-এর কর্তা এবং verb অনুযায়ী reported speech-এর verb এবং pronoun পরিবর্তিত হবে। সুতরাং সঠিক উত্তর Rimon said that this was her book.
Rimon said that this is her book.
Rimon told that this is her book.
Rimon told that this was her book.
Rimon said that this was her book.
34. The indirect speech of the sentence- "I have been teaching English for 7 years", She said-is.
She said, she was teaching English for 7 years.
She said that he had been teaching English for 7 years.
She was saying that she had been teaching English for 7 year.
She said that she had been teaching English for 7 years.
35. He said, 'I went to Tangail.' (Indirrect)
Past Indefinite tense indirrect narration-past perfect tense-এ রূপান্তরিত হয়। আর reported speech-এর sub first person হলে তা reporting verb-এর sub অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তিত হয়। সুতরাং প্রদত্ত বাক্যটির indirect narration : He said that he had gone to Tangail.
He said that had he gone to Tangail.
He said that I had gone to Tangail.
He said that he had gone to Tangail.
He said that he went to Tangail.
36. 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.
37. He said to me, "Where were you staying when you were in Dhaka?" The correct indirect speech is:
He asked me where I was staying when I was in Dhaka.
He asked me where I had been staying when I was in Dhaka.
He asked me where I had been staying when I had been in Dhaka.
He asked me where I stayed when I was in Dhaka.
38. 'He said that he had done the work'. The direct speech is-
Indirect speech এ that clauseটি past perfect tense এ হওয়ায় direct speech এ সেটি reported speech এ রূপান্তর হবে এবং speechটি past indefinite tense এ হবে। সুতরাং সঠিক direct speech হলো He said, 'He did the work' .
He said, 'I will do the work.'
He said, 'The work will be done by me.'
He said, 'I do the work.'
He said, 'He did the work.'
39. What will be the indirect form of the sentence following sentence? He said 'I am well'
Reporting verb past tense-এ থাকায় reported speechটি indirect form-এ present indefinite থেকে past indefinite tense-এ রূপান্তরিত হবে আর reported speech- এর sub reported verb-এর sub অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তিত হবে। সুতরাং সঠিক indirect form: He said that he was well!
He said that I was well.
He said that he is well.
He said that he was well.
He said that I am well.
40. He said, "I shall go to office". Indirect form is-
Reported speech এ future indefinite থাকলে shall বা will এর স্থলে would ব্যবহৃত হবে। আর sub reported verb-এর sub অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তিত হবে। সুতরাং প্রদত্ত বাক্যটির indirect form হলো He said that he would go to office.
He said that he shall go to office.
He said that he would go to office.
He said that he will go to office.
He said that he should go to office.