Practice Test – 8

 1. He said, "I have read this novel."

a. He said that he had read this novel.

b. He said that he had read that novel.

c. He said that he has read this novel.

d. He said that he read that novel.

2. Sita said, "I may go there."

a. Sita said that she will go there.

b. Sita says that she may go there.

c. Sita says that she is going there.

d. Sita said that she might go there.

3. "Come home early", said Mr Mathew to his clerk.

a. Mr Mathew asked his clerk to be home early.

b. Mr Mathew requested his clerk to come home a little early.

c. Mr Mathew told his clerk to come home as early as possible.

d. Mr Mathew ordered his clerk to come home early.

4. He said that he intended to leave for Surat that night.

a. "I intend to left for Surat that night", he said.

b. "I intended to leave for Surat tonight", he said.

c. "I intend to leave for Surat tonight", he said.

d. "I intend to leave for Surat that night", he said.

5. I said, "Water is essential for life."

a. Water is essential for life was said by me.

b. I exclaimed that water was essential for life.

c. I said that water is essential for life.

d. I told that water was essential for life.

6. He said, "I was doing it."

a. He said that he had been doing it.

b. He said that he has done it.

c. He said that he had done it.

d.He said that he did it.

7. She asked me if I was going to college.

a. She asked me, "Will you go to college?"

b. She said to me, "Are you going to college?"

c. She asked to me, "Was I going to college?"

d. She said, "Am I going to college?"

8. The teacher said to him, "Is not poverty a curse?"

a. The teacher asked him if poverty was not a curse.

b. The teacher asked him is poverty not a curse.

c. The teacher asked him was poverty not a curse.

d. The teacher asked him whether poverty is not a curse.

9. He said, "Honesty is the best policy."

a. He said that honesty has been the best policy.

b. He said that honesty had been the best policy.

c. He said that honesty was the best policy.

d. He said that honesty is the best policy.

Answer 

1- b

2- d

3-d

4- c

5-c

6- a

7-b

8-c

9-d