Class 10 Grammar - NARRATION - QUESTION BANK 2019

Last Updated in 25/02/2018

Change the form of Narration :

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."

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          Vocabulary (i)
          Vocabulary (ii)
          Preposition (i)
          Preposition (ii)
          Determiner (i)
          Determiner (ii)
          Narration (i)
          Narration (ii)
          Tense Form.
          Synthesis/Combine Sentence (i)