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English grammar covers how words, phrases and clauses combine to form correct sentences. It includes tenses, parts of speech, prepositions, articles, voice, reported speech, agreement, infinitives, gerunds, adverb position, transitions, punctuation, sentence structure and inversion, with special attention to distinctions such as phrases versus clauses and active versus passive voice.
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- A. He suggested that they should not quarrel.
- B. He suggested that they had not quarrel.
- C. He suggested that they did not quarrel.
- D. He suggested that they might not quarrel.
Explanation: When converting direct speech to indirect speech:- "Let us" becomes "they" (change from first person to third person)- "not quarrel"…
Correct answer: He suggested that they should not quarrel.- A. He thanked me.
- B. I thanked him.
- C. He was thanked by me.
- D. He thanked to me.
Explanation: The original sentence is a direct quote of an expression of gratitude, and option A is the most natural and idiomatic way to report that…
Correct answer: He thanked me.- A. The father asked my sons, listen to my words carefully.
- B. The father asked his sons to listen to his words carefully.
- C. The father asked the sons to listened to his words carefully.
- D. The father asked his sons to listen his words carefully.
Explanation: When converting direct speech to indirect speech:- "said" becomes "asked" to indicate the father's request or instruction.- "My" becomes…
Correct answer: The father asked his sons to listen to his words carefully.- A. She asked to him where Hamza lived.
- B. She asked him where did Hamza live.
- C. She asked him where Hamza lived.
- D. She asked him where Hamza lives.
Explanation: When converting direct speech to indirect speech:- "Where does Hamza live?" becomes "where Hamza lived" (change from present to past)- No…
Correct answer: She asked him where Hamza lived.- A. He asked me that if he could use my phone.
- B. He asked me if he could use my phone.
- C. He asked me if he could used my phone.
- D. He asked me if he used my phone.
Explanation: When converting direct speech to indirect speech:- "Can I" becomes "could he" (change from present to past and from first person to third…
Correct answer: He asked me if he could use my phone.- A. The officer ordered to the clerk to do it immediately.
- B. The officer ordered the clerk do it immediately.
- C. The officer orders the clerk to do it immediately.
- D. The officer ordered the clerk to do it immediately.
Explanation: "Do it immediately" becomes "to do it immediately" (change from direct command to indirect order)- No need to change the word order or add…
Correct answer: The officer ordered the clerk to do it immediately.- A. The teacher advised the boys work hard if they wanted to pass the exam.
- B. The teacher advised the boys to work hard if they wanted to pass the exam.
- C. The teacher advised the boys to work hard if they want to pass the exam.
- D. The teacher advised the boys to work hard that if they wanted to pass the exam.
Explanation: When converting direct speech to indirect speech:- "Work hard" becomes "to work hard" (change from direct command to indirect advice)-…
Correct answer: The teacher advised the boys to work hard if they wanted to pass the exam.- A. The doctor politely asked the patient to go in.
- B. The doctor politely asked the patient to come on.
- C. The doctor politely asked the patient to come in.
- D. The doctor politely asks the patient to come in.
Explanation: When converting direct speech to indirect speech:- "Come in" becomes "to come in" (change from direct command to indirect request)-…
Correct answer: The doctor politely asked the patient to come in.- A. I warned the child not to look down in the well.
- B. I warned the child not to looked down into the well.
- C. I warned the child to look down into the well.
- D. I warned the child not to look down into the well.
Explanation: When converting direct speech to indirect speech:- "Do not" becomes "not to" (change from direct command to indirect warning)- No need to…
Correct answer: I warned the child not to look down into the well.- A. The stranger asked me if I will help him.
- B. The stranger asked me if could I help him.
- C. The stranger asked me if I would help him.
- D. The stranger asked me if would I help him.
Explanation: When converting direct speech to indirect speech:- "Would you" becomes "I would" (change from second person to first person)- No need to…
Correct answer: The stranger asked me if I would help him.- A. Mummy tells me that she will write a letter to my father.
- B. Mummy tells to me that she will write a letter to my father.
- C. Mummy tells me that she will write a letter to her father.
- D. Mummy tells me that she will write letter to my father.
Explanation: When converting direct speech to indirect speech:- "I shall" becomes "she will" (change from first person to third person and from direct…
Correct answer: Mummy tells me that she will write a letter to my father.- A. The boy told to his friend that he waited for his parcel everyday.
- B. The boy said to his friend that he waited for his parcel everyday.
- C. The boy said to his friend that he waited for my parcel everyday.
- D. The boy told his friend that he waited for your parcel everyday.
Explanation: The correct answer is Option B: The boy said to his friend that he waited for his parcel everyday.
Correct answer: The boy said to his friend that he waited for his parcel everyday.1933. Change into indirect narration The boy said to the teacher, "Will you check my homework today?"
- A. The boy asked the teacher if she would check his homework that day?
- B. The boy asked the teacher if she will check his homework that day.
- C. The boy asked the teacher that she would check his homework that day.
- D. The boy asked the teacher if she would check his homework that day.
Explanation: "Will you" becomes "if she would" (change from direct question to indirect question)- "my" becomes "his" (change from first person to…
Correct answer: The boy asked the teacher if she would check his homework that day.- A. He said that the horse died the day before.
- B. He said that the horse had died yesterday.
- C. He said that the horse had died the day before.
- D. He said that the horse had been died the day before.
Explanation: "Yesterday" becomes "the day before" (change from direct speech to indirect speech, to maintain the same time relation)No need to change…
Correct answer: He said that the horse died the day before.- A. He said that the peon had rung the bell when he reached school.
- B. He said that the peon rung the bell when he reached school.
- C. He said that the peon had rung the bell when he had reached school.
- D. He said that the peon had rang the bell when he reached school.
Explanation: "I" is changed to "he" to maintain the third-person perspective.- The verb tense "had rung" remains the same, as it is already in the past…
Correct answer: He said that the peon had rung the bell when he reached school.- A. He asked how I had got into that house.
- B. He asked how had I got into that house.
- C. He asked how I had got into this house.
- D. He asked how I had got into that house?
Explanation: Here's why:- "He said" is changed to "He asked" to indicate that the original sentence was a question.- "you" is changed to "I" to…
Correct answer: He asked how I had got into that house.- A. The poor request us to help them.
- B. The poor request to help them please.
- C. The poor request help them please.
- D. The poor request for someone to help them.
Explanation: Option B is correct because it effectively transforms the direct speech into indirect speech while maintaining the original intent of the…
Correct answer: The poor request us to help them.- A. They say that they were all our Pakistani brothers.
- B. They say that they were all their Pakistani brothers.
- C. They say that they had been all their Pakistani brothers.
- D. They say that they are all our Pakistani brothers.
Explanation: When converting direct speech to indirect speech:- "They say" remains the same, as it's the reporting verb.- "They are" remains the same…
Correct answer: They say that they are all our Pakistani brothers.- A. They exclaimed with joy that it was very fine day.
- B. They exclaimed with joy that it was a very fine day.
- C. They exclaimed with joy that is a very fine day.
- D. They exclaimed with joy what a fine day it was.
Explanation: The correct option is: They exclaimed with joy what a fine day it was. This sentence maintains the exclamatory form and appropriately…
Correct answer: They exclaimed with joy what a fine day it was.- A. Ali said if I had worked, I would have passed.
- B. Ali said that if I had worked, I would have passed.
- C. Ali said that if I had worked, I would pass.
- D. Ali said that if I worked, I would have passed.
Explanation: When converting direct speech to indirect speech:- "you" becomes "I" to maintain the correct pronoun perspective.- The verb tense remains…
Correct answer: Ali said that if I had worked, I would have passed.