Read the following conversations and complete the passage given below: Manu: Is there any problem with the car? Woman: I've a flat tyre. But I just don't know how to change the tyre. Manu: Let me give you a helping hand. Woman: Oh, that's very nice of you. Thanks so much indeed. You were a great help. Manu: It was my pleasure. Manu saw a woman standing near her car by the road. He asked her (a)_____ The woman replied (b) _____ but (c) _______Manu offered to the lady a helping hand. The woman thanked him and said (d) ________. Manu replied that it was his pleasure to be of help.
Option 1
(a)...............
(i) is there any problem with the car.
(ii) that there was any problem with the car
(iii) if there was any problem with the car
(iv) if there is any problem with the car
(b)..................
(i) that she had a flat tyre
(ii) she had a flat tyre
(iii) she has had a flat tyre
(iv) that she is having a flat tyre
(c)..................
(i) she is not knowing how to change it
(ii) that she doesn't know how to change it
(iii) she just hadn't known how to change it
(iv) she just didn't know how to change it
(d)....................
(i) that he had been a great help
(ii) that he has been a great help
(iii) that he is a great help
(iv) that he was a great help
Answers
Answer:
(a) :- (iii)
(b) :- (i)
(c) :- (iii)
(d) :- (ii)
Answer:
The correct answers would be:
(a) - (iii) if there was any problem with the car.
Reason - In the conversation given above written in the present tense, we can see a person named Manu asked a woman if there was any problem with her car. As we move towards indirect speech, we approach to the conversation in the past tense. Hence, the correct answer would be if there was any problem with the car.
(b) - (i) that she had a flat tyre.
Reason - Proceeding further into the conversation, we see that woman replied that she was having a flat tyre. Again, this conversation is in past tense due to indirect speech, we can choose either options (i) or (ii). Further, that, mentioned in (i) gives clarity of the statement. Hence, it is the correct answer.
(c) - (iv) she just didn't know how to change it.
Reason - Again, proceeding further, she told Manu that she didn't knew how to change flat tyre. Hence, converting it into past tense, we get she just didn't know how to change it.
(d) - (i) that he had been a great help.
Reason - In the last, she thanked him for helping her. As this work is started as well as finished in the past, we conclude that past perfect tense is present here. Hence, that he had been a great help is the right option.