English Grammar (Integrated Exercise)

I said to him, “Will you go to Delhi?”

• (a) I asked him will he go to Delhi.

• (b) I said to him would he go to Delhi.

• (c) I asked him if he would go to Delhi.

• (d) I said to him would you go to Delhi.

Tania said to her friend, ’Can you lend me an umbrella?’

• (a) Please give me an umbrella Tania requested her friend.

• (b) Will you lend me your umbrella, Tania asked her friend.

• (c) Tania requested her friend if she could lend her an umbrella.

• (d) Tania asked her friend to give her an umbrella.

Everybody says, ‘How well she sings!’

• (a) Everybody comments that she sings well.

• (b) Everybody exclaims/says that how well she sings.

• (c) Everybody tells that she sang very well.

• (d) Everybody says that she sang well.

The teacher said to him, “Is poverty not a curse?”

• (a) The teacher asked him is poverty not a curse.

• (b) The teacher asked him if poverty was not a curse.

• (c) The teacher asked him was poverty not a curse.

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

Manna asked Rohan, "Have you sat in a trolley bus before?"

• (a) Manna asked Rohan if he had sat in a trolley bus earlier.

• (b) Manna asked Rohan if had he sat in a trolley bus before.

• (c) Manna asked Rohan if he sat on a trolley bus before.

• (d) Manna asked Rohan if he has sat in a trolley bus earlier.

He said, "Why didn't you send your application to me?"

• (a) He enquired why I had not sent my application to him.

• (b) He enquired why I did not send my application to him.

• (c) He enquired why had I not sent my application to him.

• (d) He enquired why did I not send my application to him.

Rahul asked me, ‘Did you see the cricket match on TV last night?’

• (a) Rahul asked me if I had seen the cricket match on TV the previous night.

• (b) Rahul asked me if I saw the cricket match on TV the previous night.

• (c) Rahul asked me did I see the cricket match on TV last night.

• (d) Rahul asked me whether I had seen the cricket match on TV last night.

I said to him, ‘Why don’t you work hard?’

• (a) I asked him why didn’t you work hard.

• (b) I asked him why he didn’t work hard.

• (c) I asked him why he wouldn’t work hard.

• (d) I asked him why he wasn’t working hard

‘Do you like tea?’ he said.

• (a) He said to me if I liked tea.

• (b) He asked me if I liked tea.

• (c) He asked me if I like tea.

• (d) He told me if I like tea.

The teacher said, ‘What are you looking for?’

• (a) The teacher asked me what are you looking for.

• (b) The teacher asked me what I am looking for.

• (c) The teacher asked me what I was looking for.

• (d) The teacher asked me what was I looking for.