Question

Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows by filling in
the banks choosing the correct options from the given ones

Raman : What's the matter, Anitha ?

Anitha : Oh, nothing. You cannot help me. I only want that blue umbrella

Raman asked Anitha what____________
She replied that it was nothing and he
as ________ that blue umbrella.
(i)
(a)
the matter is
(b)
the matter was
(c)
was the matter
(d)
had been the matter
(11)
(a)
(b)
could not help
should not help
would not help
cannot helped
(c)
(d)
(iii)
(a)
she wants only
(b)
she only wanted
she had only wanted
(c)
she only would want
(d)​

Answer 1

Answer:

Raman asked Anitha what the matter isShe replied that it was nothing and he could not help as she wants only that blue umbrella.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct way to fill the blanks is -  "Raman asked Anitha what (i) b) the matter was.  She replied that it was nothing and he (ii) a) could not help her as (iii) b) she only wanted the blue umbrella",

Explanation:

• The task in this question is to convert dialogue into reported speech. Thus from first-person speech, it is converted into third-person speech.
• When converting a sentence to reported speech, the speaker and the listener must be specified and the present tense must be converted into the past tense.
• Based on this "What is the matter" will be changed to "what the matter was" as who asked this to whom must also be specified, thus the sentence begins with "Raman asked Anitha".
• Similarly, "you cannot help me" will change to "he could not help her" where the verb cannot is used in the past tense as "could not".
• Further, "I only want a blue umbrella" changes to "she only wanted a blue umbrella" where the verb want is used in the past tense "wanted'.

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