Question

Read the following conversation carefully and complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options. Dilip: I’ve been watching the sea and there hasn’t been any trace of a ship
Ralph: I told you yesterday too that we’ll be rescued, so have patience. Dilip: why do you ask me to keep quiet whenever I say something?
Ralph: have you ever said anything sensible?
Dilip said (a) ________________ Ralph replied (b) _______________ and so asked him to have patience. Dilip angrily asked Ralph (c) ___________ to which Ralph wanted to know (d)___________
a) 1) that he had been watching the sea and there hadn’t been any trace of a ship 2) he had been watching the sea and there hasn’t been any trace of a ship 3) that he watched the sea and there wasn’t any trace of a ship 4) that he had watched the sea and there wasn’t any trace of a ship.
b) 1) that he had told him before too that they would be rescued 2) that he told him the next day too that they would be rescued. 3) that he had told him the day before too that they would be rescued. 4) that he had told him the day before too that they will be rescued
c) 1) why he asked him to keep quiet whenever he said something. 2) why he should keep quiet whenever he said something. 3) that why he asked him to keep quiet whenever he said something. 4) why was there a need for him to be quiet. d) 1) whether he had ever said anything sensible 2) if he had never said anything sensible 3) if he ever said anything sensible. 4) that if he ever said anything sensible

Answer 1

Answer:

a=2,b=1,c=3,d=1 is the answer

Answer 2

Fill in the blanks:

Dilip said (a) that he had been watching the sea and there hadn’t been any trace of a ship. Ralph replied (b) that he had told him the day before too that they would be rescued and so asked him to have patience. Dilip angrily asked Ralph (c) why he asked him to keep quiet whenever he said something to which Ralph wanted to know (d) whether he had ever said anything sensible.

Explanation:

• In reported speech the actual words of the speaker are narrated by the narrator in the third person.

• The first sentence, " I’ve been watching the sea and there hasn’t been any trace of a ship" is in the present perfect tense. The first verb ' ’ve been watching' is in the present perfect continuous tense while the second verb hasn’t been is in the present perfect tense.

• In reported speech both the tenses will change into the corresponding past tense. Thus the first verb will change to  the past  perfect continuous tense and the second verb will be in the past perfect tense.
• Thus the sentence becomes : that he had been watching the sea and there hadn’t been any trace of a ship.
• The second sentence is in the past and future tense. So in reported speech it will be in the past perfect and past tense as : that he had told him the day before too that they would be rescued
• The third sentence raises a question so in the indirect speech it will be:  why he asked him to keep quiet whenever he said something
• The fourth sentence too is in the form of a question . So in indirect speech it gets changed to : whether he had ever said anything sensible.

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