English Grammar for Class 10 || NARRATION || QUESTION BANK SOLVED.

 

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1998 - 2018
1. HSLC - 1998
    (i) Arun said,"I do not know this boy.
    Ans : Arun said that he didn't know that
    boy.
  
    (ii) I asked the boy if he had answered
    all the questions.
    Ans : I said, "Have you answered all the
    questions?"

2. HSLC - 1999
    (i) "I made some money yesterday, "
    Anil said.
    Ans : Anil said that he had made some
    money the day before.

    (ii) Raju told me that he would meet me
    the next day.
    Ans : Raju said to me, "I shall meet you
    tomorrow."

3. HSLC - 2000
    (i) Anita said to Ravi, "Please lend me
    your pen."
    Ans : Anita requested Ravi to lend her
    his pen.

    (ii) The boy told me that his father
    would meet me soon.
    Ans : The boy said to me,"My father will
    meet you soon."

4. HSLC - 2001
    (i) He said to me, "Lend me your book
    for today."
    Ans : He requested me to lend him my
    book for that day.

    (ii) He said to me, "You will be tired
     before you arrive."
    Ans : He told me that I would be tired
    before I arrived.

    (iii) Ram asked me if I had a car.
    Ans : Ram said to me, "Do you have a
    car?"

    (iv) The old man wished that I might be
    happy.
    Ans : The old man said, "May you be
    happy."

5. HSLC - 2002
    (i) He said to me, "When did you buy
    this books?"
    Ans : He asked me when I had bought
    that book.

    (ii) I said, "I bought it yesterday."
    Ans : I said that I had bought that the
    day before.

    (iii) Ravi thanked me for my help.
    Ans : Ravi said to me, "Thank you for
    your help."

    (iv) The old man prayed that God might
    help me.
    Ans : The old man said, "May God help
    you."

6. HSLC - 2003
    (i) Mohan said to Hari, "Can I borrow a
    hundred rupees from you?"
    Ans : Mohan asked Hari if he could
    borrow a hundred rupees from him.

    (ii) Hari replied that he had no money to
    lend him.
    Ans : Hari said, " I have no money to
    lend you".

    (iii) " Can you ride a bicycle?" Anil said.
    Ans : Anil asked if he could ride a
    bicycle.

    (iv) The teacher said, " The earth is
    round."
    Ans : The teacher said that the earth is
    round.

7. HSLC - 2004
    (i) The teacher said to me, "Don't
    neglect your studies."
    Ans : The teacher told me not to
    neglect my studies.

    (ii) The doctor said to her, "Can you buy
    the medicines?"
    Ans : The doctor asked her if she could
    buy the medicines.

    (iii) The headmaster asked me who I
    was.
    Ans : The headmaster said to me, "Who
    are you? "

    (iv) He told his wife that he might be
    late.
    Ans : He said to his wife,"I may be late."

8. HSLC - 2005
    (i) "I made some money yesterday." he
    said to Hari.
    Ans : He told Hari that he had made
    some money the day before.

    (ii) Mohan said that he goes for a walk
    every morning.
    Ans : Mohan said, "I go for a walk every
    morning".

9. HSLC - 2006
    (i) The boy said, "Sir, please explain the
    poem once more".
    Ans : The boy requested the teacher to
    explain the poem once more.

    (ii) The teacher said that he would do
    that the next day.
    Ans : The teacher said, "I shall do this
    tomorrow".

10. HSLC - 2007
    (i) He said to them, "Good bye, my
    friends!"
    Ans : He addressed them as his friends
    and wished them good bye.

    (ii) I said to her, "Do you want my help?"
    Ans : I asked her if she wanted my help.

11. HSLC - 2008
    (i) The teacher said, "Honesty is the
    best policy."
    Ans : The teacher said that honesty is
    the best policy.

    (ii) Anita said, "I do not know the boy".
    Ans : Anita said that she did not the
    boy.

12. HSLC - 2009
    (i) The lady said to the man, "I didn't
    know you".
    Ans : The lady told the man that she
    hadn't known him.

    (ii) She asked him to keep quite.
    Ans : She said to him, "Keep quite".

13. HSLC - 2010
    (a) The lady said to me, "I will tell you
    my story".
    Ans : The lady told me that she would
    tell me her story.

    (b) I told her that I had no time for that.
    Ans : I said to her, "I have no time for
    this".

14. HSLC - 2011
    (a) The mechanic said, "I will repair
    your car tomorrow".
    Ans : The mechanic said that he would
    repair his car the next day.

    (b) The teacher enquired of the pupil if
    he had done his homework.
    Ans : The teacher said to the pupil,
    "Have you done your homework?"

15. HSLC - 2012
    (a) He said, "Honesty is the best
    policy".
    Ans : He said that honesty is the best
    policy.

   (b) He said that he takes bath in the
    Bhramaputra every morning.
    Ans : He said, "I take bath in the
    Bhramaputra every morning".

16. HSLC - 2013
    (a) She said, "The water is boiling".
    Ans : She said that the water was
    boiling.

    (b) Mira said that her mother had been
    suffering from fever.
    Ans : Mira said, "My mother has been
    suffering from fever".

17. HSLC - 2014
    (a) He told her not to disturb him.
    Ans : He said to her, "Do not disturb
    me".

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

18. HSLC - 2015
    (a) "What a beautiful building!" he said.
    Ans : He exclaimed with surprised that
    the building was very beautiful.

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

19. HSLC - 2016
    (a) "Can you drive a car?" I said to
    Rahim.
    Ans : I asked Rahim if he could drive a
    car.

    (b) The stranger asked me if I could tell
    him the way to the Post office.
    Ans : The stranger said to me, "Can you
    tell me the way to the post office?"

20. HSLC - 2017
    (a) Anita said, "I do not know the boy."
    Ans : Anita said that she did not the
    boy.
   
    (b) Rahim said that his mother had
    been suffering from fever.
    Ans : Rahim said, "My mother has been
    suffering from fever."

21. HSLC - 2018
    (a) Rahim said to me, "Do you know the
    man standing at the gate?"
    Ans : Rahim asked me if I knew the
    man standing at the gate.
   
    (b) The young man told me that he had
    come from Jorhat to work in Guwahati.
    Ans : The young man said to me,"I have
    come from Jorhat to work in Guwahati."

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS

1.    (i) He said, "Where does the man
        live?
       Ans : He asked where the man lived.

       (ii) I replied that I did not know.
       Ans : I said, "I don't know."

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

       (ii) I replied that I did not.
       Ans : I said, "I do not."

3.    (i) The man said to me, "Are you a
        student?"
       Ans : The man asked me if I was a
       student.

       (ii) I replied that I was not.
       Ans : I said, "I am not."

4.    (i) He said to me, "Where is your
        book?"
       Ans : He asked me where my book
       was.

       (ii) I replied that I had lost that.
       Ans : I said, " I have lost this."

5.    (i) He said to me, "Why did you do it?"
       Ans : He asked me where I did that.

       (ii) I replied that I had not done that.
       Ans : I said, "I have not done this."

6.    (i) He said to me, "I know you."
        Ans : He told me that he knew me.
       (ii) He asked me if I could help him.
       Ans : He said to me, "Can you help
       me?"

7.    (i) My friends tell me, "You will be a
       great man one day."
       Ans : My friends tell me that I will be a
       great man one day.

       (ii) The teacher advised Reba not to
       waste her time.
       Ans : The teacher said to Reba, "Do
       not waste your time."

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

       (ii) The boy asked me if I knew him.
       Ans : The boy said to me, "Do you
       know me?"

9.    (i) I said to him, "Where are you going
        at this time?"
       Ans : I asked him where he was going
       at that time.

       (ii) He told me that he would return
       my book the next day.
       Ans : He said to me, "I shall return
       your book tomorrow."

10.  (i) Minati said to me, "My father has
        gone to Shillong."
       Ans : Minati told me that her father
       had gone to Shillong.

       (ii) The man asked me if I was free at
        that time.
       Ans : The man said to me, "Are you
       free at this time?"

11.  (i) He said to me, "Where did you go
        yesterday?"
       Ans : He asked me where I had gone
       the day before.

       (ii) My brother asked him if he played
        football.
       Ans : My brother said to him, "Do you
       play football ?"

12.  (i) Father said to me, "Do as I do?"
       Ans : Father advised me to do as he
       did.

       (ii) She asked me if I could show him
       the way to the post office.
       Ans : She said to me, "Can you show
       me the way to post office?"

       (iii) He suggested that we should go
       for a walk.
       Ans : He said, "Let us go for a walk."

13.  (i) The teacher said to her, "Spell the
        word 'naughty'."
       Ans : The teacher told her to spell the
       word 'naughty'.

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

       (iii) Ramen asked him when he would
       pay the debt.
       Ans : Ramen said to him, "When will
       you pay the debt?"

       (iv) The woman asked me whether I
       had passed the HSLC Test
       Examination.
       Ans : The woman said to me, "Have
       you passed the HSLC Test
       Examination?"

14. (i) He said to me, "I was not present
       in the meeting last Sunday."
       Ans : He told me that he had not been
       present in the meeting last Sunday.

       (ii) She said to us, "Good morning, my
       friends."
       Ans : Addressing us as her friends,
       she wished us good morning.

       (iii) Father asked me why I had gone
       to school the day before.
       Ans : Father said to me, "Why did you
       not go to school yesterday?"

      (iv) My friends suggested to me that
       we should arrange a picnic the
       following week.
       Ans : My friends said to me, " Let us
       arrange a picnic the followin week."

15. (i) I said to him, "Can you lend me ten
       rupees?"
       Ans : I asked him if he could lend me
       ten rupees.

      (ii) The teacher wished that God
       might bless me.
       Ans : The teacher said, "May God
       bless you."

       (iii) My friend said to me, "Let us go
       for a picnic."
       Ans : My friend suggested to me that
       we should go for a picnic.

       (iv) The boys said that they were
       playing.
       Ans : The boys said, "We are playing."

16.  (i) My friend said to me, "I bought the
       car yesterday."
       Ans : My friend told me that he had
       bought the car the day before.

       (ii) I said to my wife, "Let us enjoy the
       evening in the park."
       Ans : I suggested to my wife that we
       should enjoy the evening in the park.

       (iii) He asked me when I had gone
       there.
       Ans : He said to me, "When did you
       go there?"

       (iv) The members of the party prayed
       that their leader might live long.
       Ans : The members of the party said,
       "May our leader live long."

17.  (i) He said to me, "I know you."
       Ans : He told me that he knew me.

       (ii) The teacher advised the students
       to be kind to the poor.
       Ans : The teacher said to the
       students, "Be kind to the poor."

       (iii) Anil said to him, "What is your
       name?"
       Ans : Anil asked him what his name
       was.

18.  (i) Crito said to Socrates, "Is there
       anything else?"
       Ans : Crito asked Socrates if there
       was anything else.

       (ii) "May the gods help me in my
       journey from this to that other world,"
       said Socrates.
       Ans : Socrates prayed that the gods
       might help him in his journey from
       this to that other world.

19.  (i) He said to us, "Did you finish the
        sums?"
       Ans : He asked us if we had finished
       the sums.

       (ii) "Let us have a talk," he said to
       them.
       Ans : He suggested to them that they
       should have a talk.

       (iii) The man said with pride that he
       was very clever.
       Ans : The man said, "How clever I
       am !"

       (iv) They told us that we should meet
       them.
       Ans : They said to us, " You should
       meet us."

20.  (i) He said, "What a beautiful picture
        it is!"
       Ans : He cried out in surprise that it
       was a very beautiful picture.

       (ii) She asked me where I was
       going.
       Ans : She said to me, "Where are you
       going?"

       (iii) He said to me, "Don't do it."
       Ans : He told me not to do that.

21.  (i) The man said to me, ""I do not
        know you."
        Ans: The man told me that he did not
        know me.

        (ii) I asked the boy if he had
        answered all the questions.
        Ans : I said to the boy, "Have you
        answered all the questions?"

        (iii) The girl said to me, "I do not
        know how to swim."
        Ans : The girl told me that she did not
        know how to swim.

        (iv) The examiner asked me if I was a
        regular student.
        Ans : The examiner said to me, "Are
        you a regular student?'

22.  (i) Mother said to us, "Always speak
        the truth."
        Ans : Mother advised us to speak the
        truth always.

        (ii) The old man said that I might
        prosper in life.
        Ans : The old man said, "May you
        prosper in life."

        (iii)The teacher said, 'Fortune favours
        the brave."
        Ans : The teacher said that fortune
        favours the brave.

        (iv) The man asked me what my
        name was.
        Ans :The man said to me, "What is
        your name?"

23.  (i) The teacher wished that God
        might bless me.
        Ans : The teacher said, "May God
        bless you."

        (ii) The teacher said, "Have you all
        understood the question?"
        Ans : The teacher asked if I had
        understood all the question.

        (iii) He said, "Good bye, my
        friend."
        Ans : He bade his friends good bye.

        (iv) The teacher said to me, "Don't
        ask such a silly question?"
        Ans :The teacher told me not to ask
        such a silly question.

24.  (i) He said, "This book costs ruppes
        twenty."
        Ans : He said that that book costed
        rupees twenty.

        (ii) Raju asked me if that was my
        pen.
        Ans : Raju said to me, "Is this your
        pen.?"

        (iii) Mr Dutta bade his friends good
        bye.
        Ans : Mr Dutta said, "Good bye, my
        friends."

25.  (i) The teacher said to us, "You
        should keep strict discipline to
        prosper in life."
        Ans : The teacher told us that we
        should keep strict discipline to
        prosper in life.

        (ii) The girl exclaimed with surprise
        that it was a very big and black
        snake.
        Ans : The girl said, "How much big
        and black snake it is!"

        (iii) He told us that his father had
        been suffering from fever for a long
        month.
        Ans : He said to us, "My father has
        been suffering from fever for a long
        month."

26.  (i) My friend said, "If you behave like
        this, I will leave your company."
        Ans : My friend said that if I behaved
        like that, he would leave my
        company.

        (ii) I said, "I shall not do anything that
        may offend you."
        Ans : I said that I would not do
        anything that might offend him.