Question

Mother: What are you doing? Geeta: I am watching TV. Mother: When is your next paper? Geeta: It's on Monday. Mother: Why are you not studying then? Mother asked Geeta (a).................. . Geeta replied that (b).............. . Mother then asked her (c)............. . Geeta replied that (d)................Monday. Mother asked (e).............. .

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) that what she is doing.

(b) she is watching TV

(c) that when is her next paper

(d) it's on Monday

(e) that why she is not studying then.

Answer 2

Mother asked Geeta what she was doing. Geeta replied that she was watching TV. Mother then asked her when her next paper was. Geeta said that it was on Monday. Mother asked her then why she was not studying.

• Passage or conversation completion refers to rewriting a sentence or a paragraph with words to make it meaningful.
• The sentences are completed following proper grammar, articles/conjunctions/verb usage, etc.
• In passage completion, the sentences around the verb and subject are also to be appropriately organised and should convey the meaning of the conversation properly.
• The given dialogue is a talk between the Mother and Geeta.
• The reported speech reports the exact words said by the speaker Whenever a sentence has to be transformed, it should be ensured that it does not form another question.
• Thus, the correct conversation will be - Mother asked Geeta what she was doing. Geeta replied that she was watching TV. Mother then asked her when her next paper was. Geeta said that it was on Monday. Mother asked her then why she was not studying.

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