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Change of Voice and Narration

Practice exercises for converting between direct and indirect speech, and between active and passive voice.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct direct form of the following indirect form:

He asked me why I had come back.

  1. He said to me, “Why do you come back?”
  2. He said to me, “Why will you come back?”
  3. He said to me, “Why have you come back?”
  4. None of these
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct indirect form of the following direct form.

The blind man said, “Eyes are a great blessing.”

  1. The blind man said that eyes were a great blessing.
  2. The blind man says that eyes are a great blessing.
  3. The blind man says that eyes had been a great blessing.
  4. None of the above
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct indirect form of the following direct form.

I said, “Ram, who broke the slate?”

  1. I asked Ram, who had broken the slate.
  2. I asked who had broken the slate.
  3. I asked Ram who could break the slate.
  4. I asked Ram by whom the slate has been broken.
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct indirect form of the following direct form.

I said to my friend, “Give up smoking.”

  1. I advised my friend not to give up smoking.
  2. I advised my friend to give up smoking.
  3. I ordered my friend to give up smoking.
  4. None of the above
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct change of narration.

She says to me, “You do not keep your word.”

  1. She tells me that I do not keep my word.
  2. She told me that I do not keep my word.
  3. She will told me that I do not keep my word.
  4. None of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct indirect form of the following direct form.

She said to her mother, “Will you be here tomorrow?”

  1. She ordered her mother if she would be there the next day.
  2. She asked her mother if she would be there the next day.
  3. She asked her mother if she would be here the next day.
  4. None of these
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct direct form of the following indirect form:

The policeman ordered the thief to keep quiet.

  1. The policeman said to the thief, “Please keep quiet.”
  2. The policeman advised the thief, “Keep quiet.”
  3. The policeman said to the thief, “Keep quiet.”
  4. The policemen said to the thief, “I order you to keep quiet.”
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

I must take away the bundle.

  1. The bundle must be taken away by me.
  2. Away the bundle must be taken by me.
  3. The bundle should be taken away by me.
  4. The bundle has to be taken away by me.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

The farmer killed the snake with a stick.

  1. The snake was killed by the farmer with a stick.
  2. The snake was killed with a stick by the farmer.
  3. The snake has been killed by the farmer.
  4. The snake will be killed with a stick by the farmer.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

He kissed the fountain with his thirsty lips.

  1. The thirsty lips were kissed with the fountain by him.
  2. The fountain is kissed with his thirsty lips by him.
  3. The fountain was kissed with his thirsty lips by him.
  4. The fountain will be kissed with his thirsty lips by him.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

Tell me the truth.

  1. I should be told the truth.
  2. Me should be told the truth.
  3. The truth should be told by me.
  4. None of the above
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

The old man was feeding the sparrows.

  1. The sparrows were fed by the old man.
  2. The sparrows had been fed by the old man.
  3. The sparrows are being fed by the old man.
  4. The sparrows were being fed by the old man.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

The rich man distributed blankets among the poor.

  1. Blankets were being distributed among the poor by the rich man.
  2. Blankets have been distributed among the poor by the rich man.
  3. Blankets are distributed among the poor by the rich man.
  4. None of the above
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

The teacher asked me a question.

  1. I was asked a question by the teacher.
  2. A question was asked to me by the teacher.
  3. I had been asked a question by the teacher.
  4. Both (1) and (2)
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

Switch off the fan.

  1. The fan is switched off.
  2. The fan should be switched off.
  3. You are asked to switch off the fan.
  4. Let the fan be switched off.
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

The rich should help the poor.

  1. The poor should helped by the rich.
  2. The poor should be helped the rich.
  3. The poor should be helped by the rich.
  4. Let the poor should be helped by the rich.
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct active voice of the following sentence.

She should be asked to leave.

  1. Ask she to leave.
  2. Ask her to leave.
  3. You should ask her to leave.
  4. I asked her to leave.
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct direct form of the following indirect form:

My mother tells me that she does not rely on me.

  1. My mother says to me, “I do not rely on you.”
  2. My mother will say to me, “I do not rely on you.”
  3. My mother asked me, “I do not rely on you.”
  4. None of these
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct direct form of the following indirect form:

She asked the gardener if he had brought flowers.

  1. She said to the gardener, “Do you bring flowers?”
  2. She asked the gardener, “See you bringing flowers?”
  3. She says to the gardener, “Have you brought flowers?”
  4. She said to the gardener, “Have you brought flowers?”
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