SCERT D. El. Ed 2026 – General English – Direct and Indirect Narration

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SCERT D. El. Ed 2026 – General English MCQs

SCERT D. El. Ed 2026 – General English MCQs

Direct and Indirect Narration

Q121. Convert to indirect: She said, “I am going to the market.”
  • A. She said that she is going to the market.
  • B. She said that she was going to the market.
  • C. She said that I was going to the market.
  • D. She says that she is going to the market.
Correct Answer: B. She said that she was going to the market.
Explanation: When handling a past reporting verb, tense shifting converts Present Continuous into Past Continuous while matching the pronoun ‘I’ to ‘she’.
Q122. Convert to indirect: He said, “I write letters.”
  • A. He said that he writes letters.
  • B. He said that he wrote letters.
  • C. He says that he wrote letters.
  • D. He said that I wrote letters.
Correct Answer: B. He said that he wrote letters.
Explanation: Present Simple structures undergo backshifting into Past Simple expressions when governed by a past tense reporting verb.
Q123. Convert to indirect: She said, “I have written the letter.”
  • A. She said that she has written the letter.
  • B. She said that she had written the letter.
  • C. She said that she wrote the letter.
  • D. She said that I had written the letter.
Correct Answer: B. She said that she had written the letter.
Explanation: The Present Perfect tense (“have written”) shifts to the Past Perfect (“had written”) in indirect speech when the reporting verb is in the past tense.
Q124. Convert to indirect: He said, “I will help you.”
  • A. He said that he will help me.
  • B. He said that he would help me.
  • C. He said that I will help you.
  • D. He said that he helped me.
Correct Answer: B. He said that he would help me.
Explanation: The modal auxiliary verb ‘will’ changes to ‘would’, and the object pronoun ‘you’ changes to ‘me’ to match the context of the speech.
Q125. Convert to indirect: She said, “I can sing.”
  • A. She said that she can sing.
  • B. She said that she could sing.
  • C. She said that I can sing.
  • D. She said that she sang.
Correct Answer: B. She said that she could sing.
Explanation: The modal auxiliary verb ‘can’ is backshifted to its past equivalent ‘could’ in reported speech.
Q126. Convert to indirect: She said, “I will come here tomorrow.”
  • A. She said that she will come here tomorrow.
  • B. She said that she would go there the next day.
  • C. She said that she would come there tomorrow.
  • D. She said that I will go there the next day.
Correct Answer: B. She said that she would go there the next day.
Explanation: In direct-to-indirect changes with a past reporting verb, ‘will’ becomes ‘would’, the place adverb ‘here’ converts to ‘there’, and the time expression ‘tomorrow’ shifts to ‘the next day’.
Q127. Convert to indirect: He said, “I wrote the letter.”
  • A. He said that he wrote the letter.
  • B. He said that he had written the letter.
  • C. He said that he writes the letter.
  • D. He said that I had written the letter.
Correct Answer: B. He said that he had written the letter.
Explanation: A Past Simple statement (“wrote”) shifts backward into the Past Perfect (“had written”) when reported after a past tense verb.
Q128. Convert to indirect: She said, “I am writing now.”
  • A. She said that she was writing then.
  • B. She said that she is writing now.
  • C. She said that she had been writing now.
  • D. She said that I was writing then.
Correct Answer: A. She said that she was writing then.
Explanation: The Present Continuous form ‘am writing’ shifts to the Past Continuous form ‘was writing’, and the time adverb ‘now’ converts to ‘then’.
Q129. In indirect speech, ‘today’ usually changes to:
  • A. that day
  • B. this day
  • C. tomorrow
  • D. yesterday
Correct Answer: A. that day
Explanation: The deictic time adverb ‘today’ regularly changes to ‘that day’ in reported speech configuration.
Q130. Convert to indirect: He said to her, “Open the door.”
  • A. He told her open the door.
  • B. He told her to open the door.
  • C. He said her to open the door.
  • D. He told her that open the door.
Correct Answer: B. He told her to open the door.
Explanation: Imperative commands or instructions are joined into indirect speech using the structure: reporting verb (like ‘told’ or ‘ordered’) + object + to-infinitive clause (‘to + V1’).
Q131. Convert to indirect: She said, “What a beautiful flower!”
  • A. She said that the flower was very beautiful.
  • B. She exclaimed that the flower was very beautiful.
  • C. She told that the flower is beautiful.
  • D. She asked if the flower was beautiful.
Correct Answer: B. She exclaimed that the flower was very beautiful.
Explanation: Exclamatory sentences are reported by switching the speech verb to ‘exclaimed’ combined with ‘that’ and converting the structure into an assertive past statement.
Q132. Convert to indirect: She asked, “Where do you live?”
  • A. She asked where do I live.
  • B. She asked where I lived.
  • C. She asked where I live.
  • D. She asked that where I lived.
Correct Answer: B. She asked where I lived.
Explanation: Information queries starting with Wh-words keep the question word as a connector, swap to a regular statement word-order (subject + verb), and undergo standard tense backshifting.
Q133. Convert to indirect: He asked, “Are you happy?”
  • A. He asked are you happy.
  • B. He asked if I was happy.
  • C. He asked that I was happy.
  • D. He asked whether I am happy.
Correct Answer: B. He asked if I was happy.
Explanation: Yes/No questions introduce the clause with ‘if’ or ‘whether’, followed by assertive word order and standard tense backshifting (‘are’ becomes ‘was’).
Q134. In indirect speech, the demonstrative pronoun ‘this’ becomes:
  • A. these
  • B. that
  • C. those
  • D. it
Correct Answer: B. that
Explanation: The proximity demonstrative modifier ‘this’ transforms to the distant demonstrative form ‘that’ under indirect reporting conditions.
Q135. Convert to indirect: She said, “I may go.”
  • A. She said that she may go.
  • B. She said that she might go.
  • C. She said that she went.
  • D. She said that she could go.
Correct Answer: B. She said that she might go.
Explanation: The modal auxiliary verb ‘may’ shifts down into its past form ‘might’ in reported settings.
Q136. Convert to indirect: He said, “I am ill today.”
  • A. He said that he is ill today.
  • B. He said that he was ill that day.
  • C. He said that I am ill today.
  • D. He said that he had been ill today.
Correct Answer: B. He said that he was ill that day.
Explanation: Personal pronouns adjust, the simple present link verb ‘am’ steps back to ‘was’, and ‘today’ turns into ‘that day’.
Q137. Convert to indirect: She said to me, “Please help me.”
  • A. She told me help her.
  • B. She requested me to help her.
  • C. She said me to help her.
  • D. She told me that help her.
Correct Answer: B. She requested me to help her.
Explanation: Sentences containing polite markers like ‘please’ are reported by substituting the speech verb with ‘requested’ followed by the target object and an infinitive particle construction (‘to + V1’).
Q138. Convert to indirect: She said, “I went there yesterday.”
  • A. She said that she went there yesterday.
  • B. She said that she had gone there the previous day.
  • C. She said that she had gone there yesterday.
  • D. She said that she went there the previous day.
Correct Answer: B. She said that she had gone there the previous day.
Explanation: The past simple verb ‘went’ alters into the past perfect form ‘had gone’, while the time reference marker ‘yesterday’ steps into ‘the previous day’.
Q139. When the reporting verb is in the present tense, the tense of the reported clause:
  • A. always changes
  • B. does not change
  • C. becomes future
  • D. becomes past
Correct Answer: B. does not change
Explanation: If the primary reporting verb is in either the present or future tense, no backshifting of the tense occurs inside the reported statement clause.
Q140. Convert to indirect: He said, “The earth is round.”
  • A. He said that the earth was round.
  • B. He said that the earth is round.
  • C. He said that the earth had been round.
  • D. He said that the earth would be round.
Correct Answer: B. He said that the earth is round.
Explanation: Statements holding universal or scientific truths preserve their simple present tense structure unchanged, even when introduced by a past tense reporting verb.

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