Class 9 | English Grammar | NARRATION | RG's Question Bank

Change the form of narration:

1.    (a) The teacher said to me, "What are
       you doing?"
       Ans : The teacher asked me what I
       was doing.

       (b) The master ordered his servant to
       leave the room.
       Ans : The master said to his servant,

      "Leave the room."

2.    (a) "Will you do this for me?" I said to

        him."

       Ans :I asked him if he would do that

        for me.

       (b) He told me that he had seen me
       the day before.
       Ans : He said to me, "I saw you
       yesterday."

3.    (a) The teacher said to me, "Why are
       you late today?"
       Ans : The teacher asked me why I
       was late that day.

       (b) Mother asked me not to mix up
       with Raju.
       Ans : Mother said to me, "Do not mix
       up with Raju.

4.    (a) He said, "I shall post the letter
       tomorrow."
       Ans : He said that he would post the
       letter the day after.

       (b) I asked him if he was ill.
       Ans : I said to him, "Are you I'll?"

5.    (a) The teacher said to the student,
       "What is your name?"
       Ans : The teacher asked the student
       what his name was.

       (b) "I know you well", the man said to
       me.
       Ans : The man told me that he knew
       me well.

6.    (a) He asked me what I was doing
       there.
       Ans : He said to me, "What are you
       doing here?"

       (b) Biju said to Raju, "Will you give me
       your pen?"
       Ans : Biju asked Raju if he would give
       him his pen.

7.    (a) Father advised me not to tell a lie.
       Ans : Father said to me, "Do not tell a
       lie."

       (b) Anil said, "I made some money
       yesterday."
       Ans: Anil said that he had made some
       money the day before.

8.    (a) The man asked the boy if he was
       a student.
       Ans : The man said to the boy, "Are
       you a student?"

       (b) Mina asked me why I was running.
       Ans : Mina said to me, "Why are you
       running?"

9.    (a) Father said to me, "Go home at
       once."
       Ans : Father told me to go home at
       once.

       (b) Anil asked Hari Singh if he could
       cook.
       Ans : Anil said to Hari Singh, "Can you
       cook?"

10. (a) He said to me, "I saw you
       yesterday."
       Ans : He told me that he had seen me
       the day before.

       (b) She said that she would not go
       home.
       Ans: She said, "I shall not go home."

11. (a) The doctor advised the patient to
       take rest.
       Ans : The doctor said to the patient,
       "Take rest."

       (b) I asked him if he would lend me
       his book.
       Ans : I said to him, "Will you lend me
       your book?"

12. (a) I asked the man where he lived.
       Ans : I said to the man, "Where do you
       live?"

       (b) I said to him, "I visited Delhi last
       year."
       Ans : I told him that I had visited Delhi
       last year.

13. (a) The teacher ordered the boys to
       stop talking.
       Ans : The teacher said to the boys,
       "Stop talking."

       (b) Kamal said to his sister, "Why are
       you laughing?"o
       Ans : Kamal asked his sister Why she
       was laughing.

14. (a) The girl said to me, "Take care of
       your health."
       Ans : The girl told me to take care of
       my health.

       (b) He asked me what my name was.
       Ans : He said to me, "What is your
       name?"

15. (a) Rina said, "I have finished my
       work."
       Ans : Rina said that she had finished
       her work.

       (b) Mother said to me, "Shut the door."
       Ans : Mother told me to shut the door.

16. (a) The woman said to me, "Are you
       ill?"
       Ans : The woman asked me if I was ill.

       (b) The man said to me, "Do you play
       football?"
       Ans : The man asked me if I played
       football.

17. (a) He said that he had bought that
       car the day before.
       Ans : He said, "I bought this car
       yesterday?"

       (b) He said to me, "What are you
       doing here now?"
       Ans : He asked me what I was doing
       there then.

18. (a) He said to me, "What is the matter
       with you?"
       Ans : He asked me what the matter
       was  with me.

       (b) I replied that I was afraid of him.
       Ans : I said, "Are you afraid of me?"

19. (a) Rajib asked me where my book
       was.
       Ans : Rajib said to me, "Where is your
       book?"

       (b) He said to me, "God is Almighty."
       Ans : He told me that God is Almighty.

20. (a) He asked me if I could help him.
       Ans : He said to me, "Can you help
       me?"

       (b) The teacher said to me, "Don't
       waste your time."
       Ans : The teacher told me not to
       waste my time.

21. (a) He asked me where I lived.
       Ans : He said to me, "Where do you
       live?"

       (b) She said to me, "I do not know
       you."
       Ans : She told me that she did not
       know me.

22. (a) He said to me, "May God bless
       you."
       Ans : He prayed that God might bless
       me.

       (b) Ramen told that he had lost his
       pen the day before.
       Ans : Ramen said, "I lost my pen
       yesterday."

23. (a) She said to me, "Where do you
       live?"
       Ans : She asked me where I lived.

       (b) Rita said, "I can not remember
       where I have kept the gold chain."
       Ans : Rita said that she could not
       remember where she had kept the
       gold chain.

24. (a) Father said to me, "Are you reading
       your lessons?"
       Ans :Father asked me if I was reading
       my lessons.

       (b) The boy said to me, "Please shut
       the door."
       Ans : The boy requested me to shut
       the door.

25. (a) Ram said that man is mortal.
       Ans : Ram said, "Man is mortal."

       (b) The old lady said, "Alas! I am
       undone."
       Ans : The old lady exclaimed with
       sorrow that she was undone.

26. (a) The girl said that she had done the
       work.
       Ans : The girl said, "I have done the
       work."

       (b) They said to us, "Let us go out for
       a walk."
       Ans : They proposed to us that we
       should go out for a walk.

27. (a) Arun says, "I know how to play
       football."
       Ans : Arun says that he knows how to
       play football.

       (b) Raja said to Rahim, "When did you
       see her last?"
       Ans : Raja asked Rahim when he had
       seen her last.

28. (a) The boys said that they were
       playing football then.
       Ans : The boys said, "We are playing
       football now."

       (b) She proposed that we should go
       for a walk.
       Ans : She said, "Let us go for a walk."

29. (a) He said that he had come the
       previous day.
       Ans : He said, "I came yesterday."

       (b) Amal said to me, "Are you really
       happy?"
       Ans : Amal asked me if I was really
       happy.

30. (a) Sumita said that she had sung a
       song in the meeting the day before.
       Ans : Sumita said, "I sang a song in
       the meeting yesterday."

       (b) Atul said to me, "I bought a new
       camera yesterday."
       Ans : Atul told me that he had bought
       a new camera the day before.

31. (a) The Principal said to me, "When
       did you go to Delhi?"
       Ans : The Principal asked me when I
       had gone to Delhi.

       (b) My mother said that kindness is a
       great virtue.
       Ans : My mother said, "Kindness is a
       great virtue."

32. (a) He said to us, "I didn't come here
       yesterday."
       Ans : He told us that he had not gone
       there the day before.

       (b) "Don't make a noise," said the
       teacher.
       Ans : The teacher told not to make a
       noise.

33. (a) Mother said to me, "Come here."
       Ans : Mother told me to go there.

       (b) Uncle wished that I might succeed
       in my business.
       Ans : Uncle said to me, "May you
       succeed in your business."

34. (a) I asked Rita what she was doing.
       Ans : I said to Rita, "What are you
       doing?"

       (b) My friend told me that he was very
       thirsty.
       Ans : My friend said to me, "I am very
       thirsty."

35. (a) I asked my friend why he looked
       so sad.
       Ans : I said to my friend, "Why do you
       look so sad?"

       (b) Peter said, "I've just bought a car."
       Ans : Peter said that he had just
       bought a car.

36. (a) The Principal advised the pupils
       not to run in the sun.
       Ans : The Principal said to the pupils,
       "Do not run in the sun."

       (b) Kamal said to his sister, "Why are
       you laughing?"
       Ans : Kamal asked his sister why she
       was laughing.

37. (a) The girl said to me, "Take care of
       your health."
       Ans : The girl told me to take care of
       my health.

       (b) I forbade him to invite his uncle to
       the meeting.
       Ans : I said to him, "Do not invite your
       uncle to the meeting."

38. (a) Namrata said to me, "Would you
       like to dance with me?"
       Ans : Namrata asked me if I would
       like to dance with her.

       (b) Anupam demanded us thirty
       thousand rupees for singing in the
       function.
       Ans : Anupam said to us, " Give thirty
       thousand rupees for singing in the
       function."

39. (a) Pratik said to me, "I can easily cure
       the patient."
       Ans : Pratik told me that he could
       easily cure the patient.

      (b) I replied that he is a liar.
       Ans : I said, "You are a liar."

40. (a) Madhusmita said to her teacher,
       "Please teach me for a month."
       Ans : Madhusmita requested her
       teacher to teach her for a month.

       (b) The teacher said to her, "I have no
       time to teach you."
       Ans : The teacher told her that he had
       no time to teach her.

41. (a) We exclaimed with sorrow that we
       could not visit the dying man.
       Ans : We said, "Alas! we can not visit
       the dying man."

       (b) The man said to his sons, "Unity is
       strength."
       Ans : The man told his sons that unity
       is strength.

42. (a) The Prime Minister said, "I need
       five years more to make India a rich
       country."
       Ans : The Prime Minister said that he
       needed five years more to make India
       a rich country.

       (b) The opposition party said that he
       was telling a lie.
       Ans : The opposition party said, "He is
       telling a lie."

43. (a) The doctor said, "There is no
       remedy to cure this disease."
       Ans : The doctor said that there was
       no remedy to cure that disease.

       (b) The master ordered his servant to
       be quite.
       Ans : The master said to his servant,
       "Be quite."

44. (a) The thief said to the policeman,
       "You are a bigger thief than myself."
       Ans : The thief told the policeman
       that he was a bigger thief than
       himself.

       (b) The leader said that police had got
       licence to rob common people.
       Ans : The leader said, "Police has got
       licence to rob common people."

45. (a) Parmod said to me, "Beware of
       police when it is night."
       Ans : Parmod told me to beware of
       police when it was night.

       (b) I replied that I did not go out at
       night.
       Ans : I said, "I do not go out at night."

46. (a) Paramananda was shouting for
       help.
       Ans : Paramananda said, "Help me."

       (b) My mother said, "We should help
       him."
       Ans : My mother said that we should
       help him.

47. (a) Bipul said to me, "A coward has no
       right to live."
       Ans : Bipul told me that a coward had
       no right to live.

       (b) I said to him that he was partly
       right.
       Ans : I said to him, "You are partly
       right."

48. (a) Uncle said to me, "Study with full
       concentration."
       Ans : Uncle advised me to study with
       full concentration."

       (b) I said to him that I would be a
       good teacher.
       Ans : I said to him, "I shall be a good
       teacher.'

49. (a) Jaymati welcomed me to the
       party.
       Ans : Jaymati said to me, "Welcome
       to the party."

       (b) Jyoti Prasad said, "I have written a
       new play."
       Ans : Jyoti Prasad said that he had
       written a new play.

50. (a) Dipen thanked me.
       Ans : Dipen said to me, "Thank you."

       (b) I said to him, "I shall do hard
       labour to be a good and intelligent
       boy."
       Ans : I told him that I would do hard
       labour to be a good and intelligent
       boy.

51. (a) He said to me, "I saw you
       yesterday."
       Ans : He told me that he had seen me
       the previous day.

       (b) Father said to me, "Don't tell a lie."
       Ans : Father advised me not to tell a
       lie.

       (c) I asked Rita what she was doing.
       Ans : I said to Rita, "What are you
       doing?"

       (d) The saint said, "Kindness is a
       great virtue."
       Ans : The saint said that kindness is a
       great virtue.

52. (a) Jolly said to me, "I wanted to meet
       you yesterday."
       Ans : Jolly told me that he had
       wanted to meet me the day before.

       (b) I asked Rajiv how he was that day.
       Ans : I said to Rajiv, "How are you
       today?"

53. (a) He said, "What are you doing here,
       Mina?"
       Ans : He asked Mina what she was
       doing there.

       (b) She said that she would return the
       book next day.
       Ans : She said, "I shall return the book
       tomorrow."

       (c) The teacher said to us, "Don't
       neglect your study."
       Ans : The teacher advised us not to
       neglect our study.

54. (a) Rajesh says, "I have done it."
       Ans : Rajesh says that he has done
       that.

       (b) The teacher advised me to read
       attentively.
       Ans : The teacher said to me, "Read
       attentively."

       (c) He said to me, "My mother is
       suffering from diarrhoea."
       Ans : He told me that his mother was
       suffering from diarrhoea.

       (d) Julius Caesar said that he was not
       a coward.
       Ans : Julius Caesar said, "I am not a
       coward."