REPORTED SPEECH (ATTENTION ... CLASS 10 STUDENTS)

THE MOST DIFFICULT AREA FOR STUDENTS .........................
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REPORTED SPEECH
Read the piece of conversation given below and answer the
questions that follow.
Narrator : What do you want my eyes for?
The man : It's my sweetheart's idea.
1. What did the narrator ask the man?
2. What was the man's reply?
Possible Answers
1) The narrator asked the man what he wanted his eyes for.
2) The man replied that it was his sweetheart's idea.

Read the dialogue given below and complete the passage.

Appu : When is the Youth festival in your school scheduled?
Ammu : It is scheduled for Friday.
Appu : Are you participating in any of the items?
Ammu : Yes, I'm participating in the light music competition.
Appu : Why have you chosen that item?
Ammu : Music is my greatest passion.
Appu asked Ammu ________________________a_________________
In reply to it she said_______________________b_____________________
Then Appu enquired _______________________c_____________________
Ammu answered that she ___________________d____________________
Then Appu again asked her why ________________e__________________
To this Ammu answered that _________________f___________________


a) Appu asked Ammu when the Youth festival in his was scheduled for.
2) In reply to it she said that it was scheduled for Friday.
3) Then Appu enquired whether she was participating in any of the items.
4) Ammu answered that she was participating in the light music
competition.
5) The Appu again asked her why she had chosen that item.
6) To this Ammu answered that music is/was her greatest passion
(Possible Answers)

Read the piece of conversation given below and answer the questions that follow.
Swami : I swear our headmaster is on leave.
Father : Don't lie in addition to being a coward.
1. What did Swamy swear?
2. What was father's reply?
1) Swamy swore that their headmaster was on leave.
2) Father replied not lie in addition to being a coward.
Read the piece of conversation given below and answer the questions that follow.
Swami : I will give this to the headmaster as soon as he is back
Father : Don't come to me for help even if Samuel throttles you. You deserve your
Samuel.
1. What did Swamy Promise?
2. What was father's reply?
1) Swamy promised that he would give that to the headmaster as soon
as he was back.
2) Father replied not to come to him for help even if Samuel throttled him.
He also added that he deserved his Samuel.

Read the piece of conversation given below and answer the questions
that follow.
Balthazar : Do you think they'll give me fifty pesos?
Ursula : That's nothing for Mr. Jose Montiel and the cage worth it.
1) what did Bathazar say?
2) What was Ursula's reply?
Possible Answers
1) Balthazar asked whether she thought that they would give him fifty
pesos.
2) Ursula replied that that was nothing for Mr. Jose Montiel and the cage
worth it.

Read the conversation and complete the sentences given below
John : What a beautiful picture!
Ganga : Thank you. I knew you would like it.
a. John exclaimed ________________________________
b. Ganga thanked ________________________________
a. John exclaimed that it was a beautiful picture
b. Ganga thanked that she had known he would like it.
Read the piece of conversation below and answer the questions.
The King : Why does he cry for bread?
The servant :O King, he cries for bread in order that he may fill his belly.
a. What did the king ask?
b. What was the servant's reply?
a. The king asked why he cried for bread.
b. The servant replied that he cried fro bread in order that he might fill his
belly.

Read the conversation and answer the questions given below
Swaminathan : What have you written, Father?
Father : Nothing for you. Give this to your headmaster and go to your
class.
a) what did Swaminathan ask?
b) What was his father's reply?
a) Swami asked father what he had written.
b) Ursula replied that that was nothing for Mr. Jose Montiel and the cage
worth it.
Read the conversation and answer the questions given below
Swaminathan : Why did not Columbus come to India, sir?
Samuel : He lost his way.
a) what did Swaminathan ask?
b) What was Samuel's reply?
a) Swami asked Samuel why Columbus had not come to India
b) Samuel replied that he had lost his way.

Read the conversation and answer the questions given below
Swaminathan : Where is the headmaster?
Peon : Why do you want him?
Swaminathan : My father has sent a letter for him.
a) What did Swaminathan ask?
b) What did the peon ask?
c) What was Swami's reply?
a) Swaminathan Where the headmaster was.
b) The Peon aksed why he wanted him.
c) Swami replied that his father had sent a letter for him.
Read the conversation and answer the questions given below
Hotel-keeper : Where are you going , senor?
Narrator : To take a walk. It's too hot to stay in my room.
a) what did Hotel-keeper ask?
b) What was Narrator's reply?
a) Hotel keeper asked the narator where he was going.
b)The Narator replied that he was going tor a walk and it was too hot to
stay in the room.

(a) Watson asked Homes whether anything had escaped him.
(b) Homes replied that most of his conclusions were erroneous
(a) Samuel asked Swami whether his headache had made him mad.
(b) Swami replied that he had no headache then.

(a) Watson asked how he knew what he was doing.
(b) Homes replied that he had a well polished silver plated coffee pot in
front of him.