Passage narration exercise for HSC
1. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Cumilla Board-2022]
“Stop. Didn’t I tell you to stop? You cannot go on there,, said the sergeant. “Oh! very well. It is hard thing to be very poor. All the world’s against the poor,” said the man.
Answer: The sergeant told the man to stop and asked him if he (s) had not told him to stop and strictly said that he (the man) could no go there. The man said with resentment that it was very well and said that it is hard thing to be very poor. The man also said that all the world is against the pool.
2. [Sylhet Board -2022]
“Could I help you, Sir?” said the receptionist. The man replied, “Sure, I want to meet the Managing Director of the company.” The receptionist said, “Do you have an appointment?” “Yes, I have,” he said. “Wait for a while,” said the receptionist.
Answer: The receptionist asked the man respectfully if he could help him (M). The man replied that he (r) could help him (m) surely and added that he (M) wanted to meet the Managing Director of the company. The receptionist again asked him if he (M) had an appointment. He replied in the affirmative and said that he (M) had an appointment. Then the receptionist told him (m) to wait for a while.
3. [Dinajpur Board-2022]
"Where is the cattle which these people graze and where are the fields they plough, uncle?" he asked, turning to Daya Ram. "They have no cattle and no fields here," said the chaprasi, pushing his neck back to stiff uprightness. "It is only the rustics in the villages who graze cattle and plough the land," he said.
Answer: Turning to Daya Ram and addressing him (D) as uncle, the boy asked him (D) where the cattle was which those people grazed and where the fields were they ploughed. Pushing his (D) neck back to stiff uprightness, the chaprasi replied that they had no cattle and no fields there. He said that it was only the rustics in the villages who grazed cattle and ploughed the land.
HSC Passage Narration 2019 All Board Questions with Answer
1. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Dhaka Board-2019]
“Where do you like to go sir?” asked the ticket seller. “Cox's Bazar,” replied the stranger. “How many tickets do you need?” “I will buy five tickets.” “Take these tickets. They will cost three thousand taka,” said the ticket seller.
Answer: The ticket seller asked the stranger respectfully where he (S) liked to go. The stranger replied that he (S) liked to go to Cox's Bazar. The ticket seller asked the stranger how many tickets he (S) needed. He (S) replied that he (S) would buy five tickets. The ticket seller told him (S) to take those tickets. He (T) added that they would cost three thousand taka.
2. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Cumilla Board-2019]
"Why are you loitering here and there now? Are you in trouble?" said the school teacher. "I am loitering because I have none to take care me," said the boy. The school teacher said, "Do you feel hungry?" "Yes, I am very hungry now," said the boy.
Answer: The school teacher asked the boy why he (B) was loitering here and there then. He (T) also asked him (B) if he (B) was in trouble. The boy replied that he (B) was loitering because he (B) had none to take care him (B). The school teacher asked him (B) if he (B) felt hungry. The boy replied that he (B) was very hungry then.
3. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Rajshahi Board-2019]
A cat hearing that a hen was laid up sick in her nest, paid her a visit of condolence and said, "How are you, my dear? What can I do for you? Only tell me. Is there anything in the world that I can bring for you? " "Thank you," said the hen. "Do you be good enough to leave me, and I have no fear but I shall soon be well."
Answer: A cat hearing that a hen was laid up sick in her nest, paid her a visit of condolence and asked her dearly how she was. He also asked her what he could do for her. He again asked her to tell him if there was anything in the world that he could bring for her. The hen thanked him. She requested him to be good enough to leave her. She added that she had no fear but she would soon be well.
4. Change the following narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Jashore Board-2019]
“Have you learnt your lessons ?” father said to Arman. "No, I've forgotten," said he. "That's very bad. You must be more careful about your preparation for the examination. By doing so you can make a good result," said his father. "Thank you very much for your timely advice."
Answer: Father asked Arman if he (A) had learnt his (A) lessons. Arman replied in the negative and said that he (A) had forgotten. Father told him that that was very bad. He (F) added that he (A) had to be more careful about his (A) preparation for the examination and by doing so, he (A) could make a good result. Arman thanked him (F) very much for his (F) timely advice.
5. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Sylhet Board-2019]
“Why did you stop me? I didn't do anything wrong. did I?” asked Riyad. "You were driving too fast," said the traffic sergeant, giving him a glare, "Now! Show me your driving license."
6. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Barishal Board-2019]
Returning home, my mother said to me. "Your progress in studies is very slow. You always move about with a group of your friends. Aren't you idling away your time with them? Can't you be more serious? " “I am sorry and I will amend myself,” I replied.
Answer: Returning home, my mother told me that my progress in studies was very slow. She added that I always moved about with a group of my friends. She asked me if I was idling away my time with them. She again asked me if I could not be more serious. I replied that was sorry and I would amend myself.
7. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Chattogram Board-2019; Rajshahi Board-2017]
"Whose picture is it?" I asked. "A little girl's of course, " said Grandmother. "Can't you tell? " "Yes, but did you know the girl? " "Yes, I knew her," said Granny, "But she was a very wicked girl and I shouldn't tell you about her."
Answer: I asked Grandmother whose picture it was. Grandmother replied that it was of course a little girl's picture. She asked me if I could not tell that. I replied in the affirmative and asked her if she had known the girl. Grandmother replied in the affirmative and said that she had known her, but she (Girl) had been a very wicked girl and should not tell me about her (Girl).
8. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches:[Dinajpur Board-2019;Cumilla Board-2013]
"My sons" said he, "A great treasure lies hidden in the estate. I am about to leave you." "Where is it hidden?" said the sons. "I am about to tell you," said the old man. "But you must dig the land for it."
Answer: The old man told his sons that a great treasure lay hidden in the estate. He added that he was about to leave the sons. The sons asked him where it was hidden. The old man told them that he was about to tell them but they had to dig the land for it.
HSC Passage Narration 2018 All Board Questions with Answer
9. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [HSC Exam Kh Set-2018]
“How much do you want?” said the Mayor. “A thousand guilders,” said the pied piper. “All right,” said the Mayor. “We'll pay you a thousand guilders. When will you set to work?” “Now”, said the Pied Piper.
Answer: The Mayor asked the Pied Piper how much he wanted. The Pied Piper replied that he wanted a thousand guilders. The Mayor accepted the proposal and said that they would pay him a thousand guilders. Then he asked the pied piper when he would set to work. The Pied Piper replied that he would set to work then.
10. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [HSC Exam Kha Set-2018;Dinajpur Board-2012]
"Will you buy my hair?" asked Della. I buy hair," said Madame. "Take your hat off and let's have a sight at the looks of it." "Twenty dollars," said Madame, lifting the mass with a practiced hand. "Give it to me quick," said Della.
Answer: Della asked Madame if she (M) would buy her (D) hair. Madame replied that she (M) bought hair. She (M) told her (D) to take her (D) hat off and let them have a sight at the looks of it. Then Madame told her (D) that they would give her (D) twenty dollars, lifting the mass with a practiced hand. Della told her (M) to give it to her (D) quickly.
Passage Narration exercise with answers for HSC
11. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Dhaka Board-2022, 2017, 2011; Jashore Board-2012; Chattogram Board-2010]
"Follow my example," she said as we shook hands," and never ear more than one thing for luncheon." "I'll do better than that," said retorted. "I'll eat nothing for dinner tonight. "Humorist," she cried gaily, jumping into a cab.
Answer: As we shook hands, she told me to follow her example and never eat more than one thing for luncheon. I retorted that I would do better than that and would eat nothing for dinner that night. Jumping into a cab, she cried gaily calling me a humorist.
12. Change the narrative style by using Indirect speeches: [Cumilla Board-2017; Dinajpur Board-2016]
“Have you saved something for the future?” said the Richman. “No,” said the cobbler. “I am happy with the present and think little about tomorrow.” “No, that would not do,” said the Richman. “I like to see you above want. Have this money and keep it.”
Answer: The rich man asked the cobbler if he (C) had saved something for the future. The cobbler replied in the negative and added that he (C) was happy with the present and thought do. He (R) added that he (R) liked to see him (C) above want. He (R) told the cobbler to have that money and keep it.
13. Change the narrative style by using direct speech: [Jashore Board-2017]
The teacher asked the students if they had heard the name of Aesop. The students respectfully replied that they had not and asked the teacher who he had been. The teacher advised them to listen to his lecture attentively and they would be able to know about him. He also exclaimed with wonder that his fables were very interesting and instructive.
Answer: The teacher said to the students, "Have you heard the name of Aesop?" The students said, "Sir, we haven't. Who was he?" The teacher said to them, "Listen to my lecture attentively and you will be able to know about him. How interesting and instructive his fables are!"
14. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Sylhet Board-2017; Jashore Board-2022]
“Why are you crying? Do you have any problem?” asked the passer-by. "I am crying because I have none to look after me," said the street child. "Are you hungry?" "Yes, I am," said the boy.
Answer: The passerby asked the street child why he (C) was crying. He (P) also asked if he (C) had any problem. The street child replied that he (C) was crying because he (C) had none to look after him (C). The passerby asked him if he (C) was hungry. The child replied in the affirmative and said that he (C) was hungry.
15. Rewrite the following in the reported speech: [Barishal Board-2017]
“Please give me your English grammar book,” said Fahim. “I can not give it,” said Arman. "I have to take it with me in the class." "I shall return the book before the class starts, Said Fahim. "Take it," said Arman. Thanks," said Fahim.
Answer: Fahim requested Arman to give him (F) his (A) English grammar book. Arman replied that he (A) could not give it because he (A) had to take it with him (A) in the class. Fahim told Arman that he (F) would return the book before the class started. Arman told him (F) to take it. Fahim thanked Arman.
16. Change the narrative style by using direct speeches: [Chattogram Board-2017]
The witness told the international crimes tribunal that he had suddenly heard a gunshot and gone towards the door. He added that he had seen many Al Badr men and the members of the Pakistani army on his house premises. The judge asked him if he had recognized some of the Al - Badr men. The witness answered that he could recognize one Hamid in his village who had brought the members of the Pakistani army to the village.
Answer: The witness told the international crimes tribunal, "I suddenly heard a gunshot and went towards the door. I saw many Al- Badr men and the members of the Pakistani army on his house premises." The judge said to him, "Have you recognized some of the Al-Badr men?" The witness answered, "I could recognize one Hamid in my village who brought the members of the Pakistani army to the village."
17. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Dinajpur Board 2017]
He said to me, “I am very sorry to trouble you, but I shall be much obliged you will kindly lend me your dictionary.” “I shall be very glad to be of service to you, and you are welcome to any of my books that you think of use to you,” said I.
Answer: He told me that he was very sorry to trouble me. but he would be much obliged if I would kindly lend him my dictionary. I told him that I would be very glad to be of service to him, and he was welcome to any of my books that he thought of use to him.
HSC Passage Narration 2016 All Board Questions with Answer
18. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Dhaka Board 2016]
“Where do you come from?” I asked him. “From San Carlos,” he said and smiled. "I was taking care of animals, "Oh," I said, not quite understanding, " yes," he said. “I stayed, you see, taking care of animals. I was the last one to leave the town of San Carlos.”
Answer: I asked him where he came from. He replied that he came from San Carlos and smiled. He added that he had been taking care of animals. I exclaimed without quite understanding. He said again that he had stayed taking care of animals, He also said that he had been the last one to leave the town of San Carlos.
19. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Cumilla Board-2016]
One day Hazrat Omar (R) became shocked to see the sufferings of a woman and said, "Where do you live?” The woman said, “I live in a poor hut south end to this town. I'm hungry but there is no food in my house. Will you give me something to eat?” Hazrat Omar (R) said, “Go back home. I'm coming with food and money for you.”
Answer: One day Hazrat Omar (R) became shocked to see the sufferings of a woman and asked where she lived. The woman replied that she lived in a poor hut south end to that town. She added that she was hungry but there was no food in her house. She also asked if he would give her something to cat. Hazrat Omar (R) told her to go back home. He added that he was coming with food and money for her.
20. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Rajshahi Board-2016]
“Have you cut your nails short?” The teacher said to Maruf. "No, I've forgotten Sir," said Maruf. “That's very bad. You must be more careful about neatness and cleanliness. By doing so, you can prevent diarrhoea and some other diseases too,” said the teacher.
Answer: The teacher asked Maruf if he (M) had cut his (M) nails short. Maruf replied in the negative and respectfully said that he (M) had forgotten. The teacher said that that was very bad. He (T) told him (M) that he (M) had to be more careful about neatness and cleanliness. He (T) added that by doing so, he (M) could prevent diarrhoea and some other diseases too.
21. Change the narrative style by using direct speeches: [Jashore Board-2016]
I told the rickshaw puller that he had carried me a long way. Then I asked him how much I should pay him. I further asked him if fifty taka would do. He replied that anything was all right.
Answer: I said to the rickshaw puller, “You have carried me a long way. How much should I pay you? Will fifty taka do?” He replied, “Anything is all right.”
22. Change the narrative style by using direct speeches: [Sylhet Board-2016]
Once I asked a little girl what her mother's name was. She replied that she could remember her mother's name but she would not tell me that. She added that she did not tell her mother's name to anyone whom she did not know. I exclaimed with admiration that she was a very clever girl.
Answer: Once I said to a little girl, "What is your mother's name?" She said, "I can remember my mother's name, but I will not tell you that. I do not tell my mother's name to anyone whom I do not know." I said, “What a clever girl you are!”
23. Change the narrative style by using Indirect speech: [Barishal Board-2016]
“Do you know Bangladesh Open University offers an English self - learning course?” Sejan said to Shawan. "Yes, I have heard it from my father who works as a tutor of the course. It is a six-month course known as CELP," said Shawan.
Answer: Sejan asked Shawan If he (Shawan) knew Bangladesh Open University offered an English self-learning course. Shawan replied in the affirmative and said that he (Shawan) had heard it from his (Shawan) father who worked as a tutor of the course. He (Shawan) added that it was a six-month course known as CELP.
24. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Chattogram Board-2016]
"Why are your children crying, my daughter?" said the Caliph. They have been starving " said the woman. "Have you none else the world?" "My husband died some months ago. He left them neither money nor any property. So, they are in great distress. They have to starve sometimes." "Oh! Let me see, how I can help you ?" said the Caliph.
Answer: Addressing the woman as his daughter the Caliph asked why her children were crying. The woman replied that they had been starving. The Caliph again asked if she had • none else in the world. The woman replied that her husband had died some months ago. She added that he (h) had left them neither money nor any property. So, they were in great distress. She also said that they had to starve sometimes. The Caliph exclaimed with sorrow and said that he might be allowed to see, how he could help them.
HSC Passage Narration board question
1. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dhaka Board-2009; Cumilla Board-2014]
“Have you seen your mother, Jerry?” “I see her every summer. She sends for me.” I wanted to cry out, “Why are you not with her? How can she let you go away again?” He said, “She comes up here from Manville whenever she can. She does not have a job now.”
Answer: I asked Jerry if he had seen his mother. Jerry replied that he saw her every summer as she (mother) sent for him. I wanted to cry out and asked why he was not with her (mother). I also asked him how she (mother) could let him go away again. He replied that she (mother) went up there from Mannville whenever she (mother) could. He added that she (mother) did not have a job then.
2. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Rajshahi Board-2014]
“Have you cut your hair off?” asked Jim. “I Cut it off and sold it,” said Della. “Don't you like me just as well, anyhow? I'm me without my hair, aren't I?”
Answer: Jim asked Della if she had cut her hair off. Della replied that she had cut it off and had sold it. Then she asked him if he didn't like her as well, anyhow. Again she emphatically said that she was herself without her hair.
3. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dinajpur Board-2014]
“Mina, have you done your English lesson today?” said the teacher. “Yes, sir,” she replied. “But I haven't understood one grammatical point.” “Don't worry. I'll help you understand it,” said the teacher. “Thank you, sir,” she said.
Answer: The teacher asked Mina if she had done her English lesson that day. Mina replied respectfully/ respectfully replied that she had done, but she also added that she had not understood one grammatical point. At this, the teacher told her not to worry and assured her that he would help her understand it. She thanked him respectfully.
4. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Chattogram Board-2014; Jashore Board 2010]
“You look a little bit like my mother,” he said, “especially in the dark by the fire.” “But you were only four, Jerry, when you came here. You have remembered how she looked all these years?” “My mother lives in Mannville,” he said.
Answer: Jerry told her that she looked a little bit like his mother especially in the dark by the fire. At this, she told him that he had been only four when he had come there. Next, she asked him if he had remembered how she had looked all those years. Then, Jerry replied that his mother lived in Mannville.
5. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Sylhet Board-2014]
The beggar said, “Will you give me some food to eat? I have been without food for two days.” The housewife said, “Why don't you work? You can earn your own food.” “Oh my God,” said the beggar, “I am disabled. I can't work.”
Answer: The beggar asked the housewife if she would give him some food to eat. He added that he had been without food for two days. The housewife asked him why he did not work and added that he could earn his own food. Expressing heavy disappointment/Swearing in the name of God, the beggar said that he was disabled and he could not work.
6. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Barishal Board-2014]
“You look a little bit like my mother,” he said. “But you were only four, Jerry, when you came here. Do you remember her face all these years?” "My mother lives in Mannville.” “Have you seen her lately?” I said.
Answer: Jerry told me that I looked a little bit like his mother. Hearing this, I told him that he had been only four when he had come remembered her face all those years. Jerry said that his mother lived in Mannville. Then I asked him if he had seen her lately.
HSC Passage Narration 2013 All Board Questions with Answer
7. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dhaka Board-2013; Jashore Board-2013]
The teacher said to the boy, "Do you think that honesty is the best policy?" The boy said, "Yes, sir, I think so." "Then; learn to be honest from your boyhood," said the teacher. "Thank you, sir," said the boy. "May Allah grant you a long life," said the teacher to the boy.
Answer: The teacher asked the boy if he (b) thought that honesty is the best policy. The boy politely replied that he (b) thought so. The teacher then advised the boy to learn to be honest from his (b) boyhood. Next, the boy thanked his teacher respectfully. The teacher prayed that Allah might grant him (the boy) a long life.
8. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Rajshahi Board-2013]
The writer said to Jerry, “Your roller-skates look very nice. Who has bought them for you?” “My mother” “Is she alive?” “Yes, she lives in Mannville.”
Answer: The writer told Jerry that his roller-skates looked very nice. She also asked him who had bought them for him. Jerry replied that his mother had bought them for him. She then asked him if she (M) was alive. Jerry replied that she (M) was alive and she lived in Mannville.
9. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dinajpur Board-2013; Mymensingh Board-2022; Chattogram Board-2022]
He said, “I can chop some wood today.” I said, “But I have a boy coming from the orphanage.” “I'm the boy.” “You! But you're small.” “Size doesn't matter chopping wood,” he said.
Answer: He told me that he could chop some wood that day. I told him that I had a boy coming from the orphanage. He told me that he was the boy. Then I wondered and told him that he was small. He replied that size did not matter chopping wood.
10. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Sylhet Board-2013]
Rahim said to Hamid, “How are you? “I went to your hostel yesterday, but did not find you. Where did you go?” “I went to the station,” said Hamid. “I had to receive my maternal uncle there.”
Answer: Rahim asked Hamid how he (h) was. He (R) added that he (R) had gone to his (h) hostel the previous day but had not found him (H). He (R) again asked him (h) where he (h) had gone. Hamid replied that he (h) had gone to the station and added that he (h) had to receive his (h) maternal uncle there.
11. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Barishal Board-2013]
“Take the fan,” said Edna, offering a fan to him. “Oh, no! Thank you. It does no good. You have to stop fanning some time and feel all the more uncomfortable afterward.”
Answer: Offering a fan to him, Edna told him to take the fan. He negated the offer and thanked her. He added that it did no good. He again said that she had to stop fanning some time pune felt all the more uncomfortable afterward.
HSC Passage Narration 2012 All Board Questions with Answer
12. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dhaka Board-2012; Barishal Board-2022]
“Oh, my Lord, please do not kill the child,” said the woman. “Let her have him,” The king said. “Now everything is clear to me.” Pointing to the woman, he said to the servant, “Give her the child. She is the mother of the baby.”
Answer: Addressing the king as her Lord, the woman earnestly requested the king not to kill the child. The woman also asked the king to allow her (the other woman) have him (the child). Then the king said that everything was clear to him. Pointing to the woman, he ordered the servant to give her (the woman) the child and added that she (the woman) was the mother of the baby.
13. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Cumilla Board-2012]
The traveller said to the peasant, “Can you tell me the way to the nearest inn?” The peasant said, “Yes, I can. Do you want one in which you can spend the night?” The traveller said, “I do not wish to stay there, but I only want a meal.”
Answer: The traveller asked the peasant if he (P) could tell him (T) the way to the nearest inn. The peasant answered in the affirmative and said that he (P) could. Then he (P) asked him if he (T) wanted one in which he (T) could spend the night. The traveller replied that he (T) did not wish to stay there, but he (T) only wanted a meal.
14. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Rajshahi Board-2012]
“Have you heard the name of Aesop?” asked the teacher. “No, sir, who was he?” “Read the lesson attentively and then you will be able to know about him. How interesting and instructive his fables are!” said the teacher.
Answer: The teacher asked the students if they had heard the name of Aesop. The students respectfully replied in the negative and asked who he had been. The teacher told the students to read the lesson attentively and then they would be able to know about him (Aesop). The teacher also exclaimed with joy that his (Aesop) fables were very interesting and instructive.
15. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Chattogram Board-2012]
“Why are you putting the foods in your pocket, Sir? Why don't you eat?" asked the nobleman. "I'm doing the right thing. My dress deserves these rich dishes," replied Sheikh Saadi. "I'm sorry. I don't understand what you mean to say," said the nobleman.
Answer: The nobleman politely asked Sheikh Saadi why he (S) was putting the foods in his (S) pocket and why he didn't eat. Sheikh Saadi replied that he was doing the right thing. He added that his dress deserved those rich dishes. The noble man apologized to Sheikh Saadi and said that he (N) did not understand what he (S) meant to say.
Passage narration with answer
16. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dhaka Board-2010]
“Where are you going?” said the merchant. “I was coming to see you.” “What do you want?” “I want to earn my bread by the labour of my hands.” “Do you really want work?” said the merchant. “Yes, if you have any.” “Then follow me and carry a box from a shop to my house.” “I do not see how I can do that,” said the youth.
Answer: The merchant asked the youth where he was going. The youth replied that he (Y) had been going to see him (M). The merchant asked him what he (Y) wanted. He (Y) replied that he wanted to earn his bread by the labour of his hands. The merchant asked him if he (Y) really wanted work. The youth replied in the affirmative that he (Y) wanted work if he (M) had any. Then the merchant ordered him (Y) to follow him (M) and carry a box from a shop to his (M) house. The youth said that he (Y) did not see how he (Y) could do that.
17. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Rajshahi Board-2010]
A hawker said, “Will you buy any paper? I have all types of Newspapers and Magazines. Please take one from me.” “I buy books but now I need a weekly. Don't you have any weekly magazine?” said Sushmita.
Answer: A hawker asked Sushmita if she would buy any paper and added that he had all types of Newspapers and Magazines. Then he requested her to take one from him. Sushmita said that she bought books but she needed a weekly then. She asked him if he did not have any weekly magazine.
18. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dinajpur Board-2010]
“Why don't you attend classes regularly?” the teacher said to the student, “You can't expect good results unless you attend classes as I tell you.” “I am sorry, sir, I have offended you,” said the student.
Answer: The teacher asked the student why he (S) did not attend classes regularly and said that he (S) could not expect good results unless he attended classes as he (T) told him (S). The student politely apologized to the teacher as he (S) had offended him (T).
19. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Cumilla Board-2010]
“May I come in, sir?" A boy standing at the door said to him. Then without waiting for his reply, the boy entered the room and said, "Sir, I have come from Palashpur with a letter from Mr Ajit Bose." “Ajit Bose? How is he?” he said smiling. "He is not well. He has been suffering from a serious illness for two years," the boy said. "How sad it is! May God cure him," he said.
Answer: Standing at the door, a boy asked him respectfully if he (b) might go in. Then without waiting for his reply, the boy entered the room and told him (M) respectfully that he (b) had arrived there from Palashpur with a letter from Mr Ajit Bose. He was surprised at the mention of the name Ajit Bose and asked smiling how he (Ajit) was. The boy replied that he (Ajit) was not well and added that he (Ajit) had been suffering from a serious illness for two years. He exclaimed with sorrow that it was very sad and prayed that God might cure him (Ajit).
20. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Sylhet Board-2010]
“I'll pay for it," he said. "I broke it. I brought the axe down careless." "But no one hits accurately every time, Jerry. Moreover, the fault was in the wood of the handle. I'll see the man who I have bought it from," I told him.
Answer: Jerry said that he would pay for it because he had broken it and again said that he had brought the axe down careless. I said to the contrary that no one hit accurately every time and added that the fault had been in the wood of the handle. I also added that I would see the man who I had bought it from.
21. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Barishal Board-2010]
“Will you go to college today?" the mother said to her son. "No, mother. Our classes are suspended." “Then go to the market and bring some vegetables.” "Let me be ready and give me money."
Answer: The mother asked her son if he would go to college that day. The son replied in the negative and said that their classes were suspended. Then the mother asked him to go to the market and bring some vegetables. The son requested his mother to let him be ready and give him money.
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22. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Rajshahi Board-2009]
“Where are you from?” said the teacher. “I am from Nepal,” said the student. “How did you find Dhaka when you first arrived?” said the teacher. “Well, I like it. I think the city is very beautiful,” said the student.
Answer: The teacher asked the student where he was from. The student replied that he (S) was from Nepal. The teacher again asked him how he (S) had found Dhaka when he (S) had first arrived. The student replied that he (S) liked it and added that he thought the city was very beautiful.
23. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dinajpur Board-2009]
I asked Nisa,"What's your mother's name?" "I know my mother's name but I won't tell you that. I don't tell my mother's name to anybody whom I don't know," said she. I said, "What a clever girl you are!"
Answer: I asked Nisa what her mother's name was. She replied that she knew her mother's name but she would not tell me that. She added that she did not tell her mother's name to anybody whom she did not know. I exclaimed with surprise that she was a very clever girl.
24. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Chattogram Board-2009]
“Where is my son?" said the grocer. "A crow carried your son away." said the fruit seller. "You a liar. How can a crow carry away such a big boy?" "Just the same way as mice can eat away the balance and weights."
Answer: The grocer asked the fruit seller where his (g) son was. The fruit seller replied that a crow had carried his (g) son away. Calling him (fruit seller) a liar, he (grocer) asked him (fruit seller) how a crow could carry away such a big boy. Then he (fruit seller) replied that it could be just in the same way as mice could eat away the balance and weights.
25. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Barishal Board-2009]
“Where did you go yesterday?" said Lipi. "I went to Chattogram to see my mother," said Mina. "She has been suffering from high blood pressure." "Is she sound now?" said Lipi. “No,” said Mina.
Answer: Lipi asked Mina where she (M) had gone the previous day. Mina replied that she (M) had gone to Chattogram to see her mother. She (M) added that her mother (Mina's mother) had been suffering from high blood pressure. Lipi again asked Mina whether she (Mina's mother) was sound then. Mina (M) replied in the negative and said that she (Mina's mother) was not sound.
27. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
“Hello. I'm John Matthew,” said the officer. “Hello, I've been referred to you because I'm enquiring about the courses that you run. I'd like to find out a bit more about them,” said the student. “We run few different courses for students who are both undergraduate and postgraduate. Are you an undergraduate or a postgraduate? Arts or sciences?” said the officer. “Undergraduate and I'm in the Business Faculty,” replied the student.
Answer: The officer greeted the student and introduced himself as John Matthew. The student also greeted him and said that he (s) had been referred to him (o) because he (s) was enquiring about the courses that they ran. He added that he'd like to find out a bit more about them. The officer said that they ran few different courses for students who are both undergraduate and postgraduate and asked him (s) if he (s) was an undergraduate or a postgraduate. He again asked him (s) whether he (s) was in Arts or Science Faculties. In reply the student said that he was an undergraduate and was in the Business
Faculty.
28. “Will you buy my hair?” asked Della. “I buy hair,” said Madam. “Take your hat off and let us have a sight at the looks of it. Twenty dollars,” said Madam. “Give it to me quick,” said Della.
Answer: Della asked Madam if she would buy her hair. Madam replied that she bought hair. Then Madam told her to take her hat off and suggested that they should have a sight at the looks of it. Madam proposed/wished to give twenty dollars. Della requested her (Madam) to give it to her quickly.
29. ‘Follow my example,’ she said when we shook hands, ‘and never eat more than one thing for luncheon.’ ‘I’ll do better than that,’ I retorted, ‘I’ll eat nothing for dinner tonight.’ ‘Humorist!’ she cried gaily, jumping into a cab.
Answer: As we shook hands she advised me to follow her example and not to eat more than one thing for luncheon. I retorted that I would do better than that. I also added that I would eat nothing at dinner that night. Then jumping into a cab she cried gaily and said that I was a humorist
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30. ‘You look a little bit like my mother,’ he said ‘especially in the dark by the fire.’ ‘But you were only four Jerry, when you came here. You have remembered how she looked all these years?’ ‘My mother lives in Mannville,’ he said.
Answer: Jerry told the listener that she looked a little bit like his mother especially in the dark by the fire. With disappointment, she told that he had been only four when he had gone there. Being surprised, she asked if he had remembered how she had looked all those years. He said that his mother lived in Mannville.
31. “Great king of the genies,” called the monster. “I will never disobey you.” Hearing those words, the fisherman became very brave and said, “Tell me why you were locked up in the vase?” The giant angrily looked at the fisherman and said, “Speak to me politely or I shall kill you.” “Why should you kill me?” asked the fisherman.
Answer: The monster called the great king of the genies and said that he would never again disobey him (G). Hearing those words, the fishermen became brave and told the monster to tell him (f) why he (M) had been locked up in the vase. Then the giant angrily looked at him and told the fishermen to speak to him (M) more politely, otherwise he (M) would kill him (F). The fisherman asked why he would kill him.
32. “My sons, listen to me. A great treasure lies hidden in the land. I am going to leave it to you.” “How’ll we find it?” said the sons. “You must dig the land for it,” said the old man.
Answer: The old man told his sons to listen to him that a great treasure lied hidden in the land. He added that he was going to leave that to them. The sons wanted to know how they would find it. The old man replied that they must dig the land for it.
33. “Have you killed the rates?” said the Mayor. “Yes, I have, said the piper. “Give me the promised money.” “How funny!” said the Mayor, ‘‘We cannot give you so much money. Take only fifty.’’
Answer: The Mayor asked the piper if he (p) had killed the rates. The Piper replied in the affirmative and said that he had. Then he (P) told the Mayor to give him (P) the promised money. The Mayor exclaimed in wonder that it was very funny. He added that they could not give him (P) so much money and told him to take only fifty.
34. “How are you today?” I said to Sumon. “I am very nervous for the coming exam,” Sumon replied. “Haven’t you taken enough preparation for this?” I said to him again. “Yes, I have but I am in a fix. Let me read now,” said Sumon.
Answer: I asked Sumon how he (S) was that day. Sumon replied that he(S) was very nervous for the coming examination. I again asked him if he (S) had not taken enough preparation for that. Sumon again replied in the affirmative that he had but he was in a fix and requested that he might read then.
35. ‘Have you seen your mother, Jerry?’ ‘I see her every summer. She sends for me.’ I wanted to cry out. ‘Why are you not with her? How can she let you go away again?’ He said, ‘She comes up here from Mannville whenever she can. She does not have a job now.’
Answer: I asked Jerry if he had seen his mother. Jerry replied that he saw her every summer and added that she sent for him. I had wanted to cry out and asked why he was you not with her and also asked how she could let him go away again. He said that she went up there from Manville whenever she could and added that she did not have a job then.
36. “Jim darling,” cried Della. “Don’t look at me this way. I had my hair cut off and sold it because I could not have lived through Christmas without giving you a present. I just had to do it, say Merry Christmas, Jim and let’s be happy.”
Answer: Addressing Jim as darling Della cried and forbade him to look at her that way. Then she said that she had her hair cut off and sold that because she could not have lived through Christmas without giving him a present. She also said that she just had to do that and told Jim to say Merry Christmas and proposed that they should be happy.
37.“May I come in sir?” A boy standing at the door said to him. Then without waiting for his reply the boy entered the room and said, “Sir, I have come from Palaspur with a letter from Mr. Ajit Bose? How is he?” He said smiling. “He is not well. He has been suffering from a serious illness for two years.” The boy said “How sad it is! May God cure him?” he said.
Answer: A boy standing at the door, addressing him as sir asked him if he (B) might come in. Then without waiting for his (S) reply the boy entered the room and respectfully said that he (B) had come from Palashpur with a letter from Mr. Ajit Bose. He asked smiling if he had really come from Ajit Bose. He again asked how he was. The boy replied that he was not well and added that he had been suffering from a serious illness for two years. He (S) exclaimed with grief that it was very sad and prayed that God might cure him.
38. “I’ll pay for it.” he said. “I broke it. I brought the axe down careless.” “But no one hits accurately every time. Jerry, Moreover, the fault was in the wood of the handle. I'll see the man whom I have bought it from,” I told him.
Answer: He said that he would pay for it. He further said that he had broken it and he had brought the axe down careless. I told him that no one hit accurately every time and added that the fault had been in the wood of the handle. I again told him that I would see the man from whom I had bought it.
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40. The daughter said to her father, “Please, come back home soon.” “Perhaps you have forgot that today is my birthday.” Father said, “No, I have not forgot at all.” “Today I am not going to office.’ The daughter said, “Where are you going?” Father said, “I’m going to buy a gift and a birthday cake to celebrate’ your birthday ceremony.” Jumping into a delight the daughter said, ‘Then I shall invite my most bosom friends.” Father said, “Of course, you will do it.”
Answer: The daughter requested her father to kindly go back home soon and said that perhaps he had forgot that that day was her birthday. Father replied in the negative and said that he had not forgot at all and further added that that day he was not going to office. The daughter asked where he was going. Father replied that he was going to buy a gift and birthday cake to celebrate her birthday ceremony. Jumping into a delight, the daughter said that then she would invite her most bosom friends. Father said that she would do it certainly (of course)
41. A cricket player said, “Cricket is now the most interesting game.” “Though it needs long time, a kind of uncertainty makes it more thrilling.” I said to him. ‘Every game has a kind of uncertainty, not only cricket.” “Moreover it’s a very complicated game.” ‘Very few people of the world can understand it.” The cricket player said, ‘You are right in some respects but for that I cannot say that cricket is bored.’
Answer: A cricket player said that cricket is now the most interesting game and further said that though it needs long time, a kind of uncertainty cricket and makes added it more that moreover thrilling. it’s I told a very him complicated that every game has a kind of uncertainty, not only further added that very few people of the world can understand it. The cricket player replied that I was right in some respects but for that I could not say that cricket is bored.
He said to me, "I am very sorry to trouble you, but I sell be much obliged if you will kindly lend me your dictionary." "I sell be very glad to be of service to you, and you are welcome to any of my books that you think of use to you," said I .
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Answer: He told me that he was very sorry to trouble me. but he would be much obliged if I would kindly lend him my dictionary. I told him that I would be very glad to be of service to him, and he was welcome to any of my books that he thought of use to him.
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A fruitseller said . Which fruits would you reed ? I have apple from Australia , oranges from USA , grapes from Canada etc " The customer said , " What Fruits do you have of our country ? The seller said . " Yes , I have coconut , quava , jackfruits etc. The customer said , I want one kg of guava as it will be the substitute of Australian apple .
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A fruit-seller asked the customer which fruits he would need. Then he said that he had apple from Australia, oranges from USA, grapes from Canada etc. The customer asked the fruit seller what fruits he (fruit seller) had of their country. The fruit seller replied that he had coconut , guava , jack fruits etc. The customer said that he wanted one kg of guava as it would be substitute of Australian apple.
12. Rewrite the following passage changing the form of speech.
“How is your mother, Hamid?” asked Mrs. Jamil. “She is very well. Thank you,” Hamid replied. “I am very glad to hear that she is better,” said Mrs. Jamil.
what is the time by your watch? he said. "it is half past nine. i said. he said i went to go to college. he said would you accompany me please? " no i am sorry replied i"
what is the time by your watch? he said. "it is half past nine. i said. he said i went to go to college. he said would you accompany me please? " no i am sorry replied i"
He asked me what the time was by my watch. I replied that it was half-past nine. He said that he wanted to go to my house and asked politely if I would accompany me. I replied in the negative and added that I was sorry because I was going to college.
"Excuse me, could you tell me where the library is?" said the student. "Of course," the officer replied. "It's in the room No 201." "How can I go there?" "Go upstairs. Then take a turn to the right and you will find the library," said the officer, pointing his finger to the south. "
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“How is your mother, Hamid?” asked Mrs. Jamil. “She is very well. Thank you,” Hamid replied. “I am very glad to hear that she is better,” said Mrs. Jamil.
Ans - Mrs. Jamil asked Hamid that how his mother was. Hamid replied that she was very well and thanked her. Mrs Jamil told him She was very glad to here that she was better.
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