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Question

Choose the appropriate indirect form of speech of the sentence given below: He said, "I intend to leave for Delhi tonight."

(A) He said I intend to leave for Delhi tonight.

(B) He said that he intends to leave for Delhi tonight.

(C) He said that he intended to leave for Delhi that night.

(D) He said that he was intending to leave for Delhi that night.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct answer is

(C)

The correct indirect speech conversion follows these rules:

  • "Intend" (present tense) changes to "intended" (past tense).
  • "Tonight" changes to "that night."

Thus, the correct sentence is: "He said that he intended to leave for Delhi that night," making option (C) the correct answer.

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Important Questions from One Word Substitution

  1. Identify how life at the Poles is in stark contrast to the writer’s native Kerala.

    (A) Warm and lush green vs frigid and dark

    (B) Death vs life

    (C) Humorous vs harsh

    (D) Rich sights & sounds vs eerie desolation & silence

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  2. Choose the appropriate indirect form of speech of the sentence given below: He said, "I intend to leave for Delhi tonight."

    (A) He said I intend to leave for Delhi tonight.

    (B) He said that he intends to leave for Delhi tonight.

    (C) He said that he intended to leave for Delhi that night.

    (D) He said that he was intending to leave for Delhi that night.

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  3. Select the suitable option to convert the following into Direct Speech: Philip said to me, "When did you give the parcel to John?"

  4. Arrange the following paragraph in a meaningful order.

    (A) and the Reformation of the sixteenth century.

    (B) The ancient Hebrews, the ancient Greeks and Romans, blazed the way learning behind them a precious heritage of accomplishments and

    (C) Contributed their imperishable part to this slow and difficult emancipation of the human race.

    (D) Suggestions and the men who made the Renaissance of the fifteenth century.

  5. Choose the correct option to change the following statement to an exclamatory statement: Major Dhyan Chand was a great hockey player.

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