Question

Read the conversation and choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to

complete the narration.
Mother: Why are you late from school, Amit?

Amit: While coming from school to bus stop, slipped by stepping on a banana

peel.

Mother: Oh, my son! Did you hurt yourself?

Amit: I got a bad bruise on my left knee.

Mother (i) _________ late from school. Amit replied that while coming from

school to bus stop he had slipped by stepping on a banana. Mother was shocked to

hear this. She (ii) _________ himself. Amit (iii) ___________ a bad bruise on his

left knee.

(i) (a) asked Amit why he is (b) ask Amit why he is

(c) asked Amit why he was (d) told Amit why he was

(ii) (a) further asked if he had hurt (b) asked if he has hurt

(c) asked if had hurted (d) replied if he had hurted

(iii) (a) replied that he has got (b) answered that he has gotten

(c) replies that he had got (d) answered that he had got
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Answer 1

Read the conversation and choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete the narration.

Conversation:

Mother: Why are you late from school, Amit?

Amit: While coming from school to bus stop, slipped by stepping on a banana peel.

Mother: Oh, my son! Did you hurt yourself?

Amit: I got a bad bruise on my left knee.

Answer:

Mother (i) asked Amit why he was late from school. Amit replied that while coming from school to bus stop he had slipped by stepping on a banana. Mother was shocked to hear this. She (ii) further asked if he had hurt himself. Amit (iii) answered that he had got a bad bruise on his left knee.

Options:

(i)

• (a) asked Amit why he is

• (b) ask Amit why he is

• (c) asked Amit why he was ✓

• (d) told Amit why he was

(ii)

• (a) further asked if he had hurt ✓

• (b) asked if he has hurt

• (c) asked if had hurted

• (d) replied if he had hurted

(iii)

• (a) replied that he has got

• (b) answered that he has gotten

• (c) replies that he had got

• (d) answered that he had got ✓

Assimilate:

The conversation given above is in direct narration that is the exact words of the speaker are quoted and we have change into indirect narration by making some necessary changes.

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Answer 2

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Mother (i) $\sf{ \blue{ \underline{asked \: Amit \: why \: he \: was}}}$ late from school. Amit replied that while coming from school to bus stop he had slipped by stepping on a banana. Mother was shocked to hear this. She (ii) $\sf{ \underline{ \blue{further \: asked \: if \: he \: has}}}$ hurt himself. Amit (iii) $\sf{ \underline{ \blue{answered \: that \: he \: had \: got}}}$ bad bruise on his left knee.