Question

Read the following conversation and complete the passage that follows.(1x4=4)

Rahul: I have lost my wallet.

Inspector: How did you lose it?

Rahul: My pocket was picked.

Inspector: Where did it happen?

Rahul:In the local market ,sir?

Rahul reported to the inspector (a)---------lost his wallet. The inspector asked

him(b)----------.Rahul replied(c)----------The inspector further(d)-------------Rahul

respectfully replied that it had happened in the local market.


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Answer 1

A) I had ; B) Picket ; C) Pocket D) Question

Answer 2

The passage is completed as follows:

Rahul reported to the inspector (a) that he had lost his wallet. The inspector asked him(b) how he had lost it. Rahul replied(c) that his pocket was picked. The inspector further(d) enquired where it had happened. Rahul respectfully replied that it had happened in the local market.

• The conversation is given in the direct speech and the passage converts it into the indirect form.
• While transforming into the indirect speech, certain changes are to be made:

1. Change in tense
2. Change in reporting verb.