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HackerRank Speech and Tenses Quiz -1

Question 1

Time: 00:00:00

Identify the speech of the sentence and translate it accordingly:

The manager said to the employees, ‘Do not let the policies be known to the competitors.’

The manager said to the employees not to let the policies known to the competitors.

The manager forbade the employees saying they should not be letting the policies known to the competitors.

The manager tells the employees to not let the policies be known to the competitors.

The manager forbade the employees from letting the policies be known to the competitors.

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Indirect Narration- ‘The manager forbade the employees from letting the policies known to the competitors. When we translate a sentence that resembles an order or a command, we use the words forbade, restricted, prohibited.

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Question 2

Time: 00:00:00

Use the proper form of tense to make the sentence grammatically correct:

Elizabeth denied that she has not broken the cup.

would not break

had broken

did not break

No improvement

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When we use ‘denied’, we need to use the positive version of the action that we are talking about. She denied breaking the cup is appropriate. Denied not breaking the cup changes the context of the sentence.

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Question 3

Time: 00:00:00

Identify the speech of the sentence and translate it accordingly:

The auror exclaimed publicly, “Will you Valdespino, accept your charges?”

The auror exclaimed publicly whether Valdespino would accept his charges

The auror exclaimed publicly if Valdespino will be accepting the charges

The auror said that if Valdespino could accept the charges

The auror convicted publicly is whether Valdespino would accept the charges

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In the sentence, we should first convert will to would, your to his, and question mark to full stop. To convert the punctuation, we use whether.

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Question 4

Time: 00:00:00

Use proper form of tense to make the sentence grammatically correct:

Robert was imagining things in his head from the last two days which were probably not even true.

Imagined

Was being imagining

had been imagining

Imagines

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There is a time span given in the sentence which is ‘last two days’ hence it is sometime into the past, so we use past perfect tense. Since the action is continuing in the present, we add the continuous tense too.

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Question 5

Time: 00:00:00

Identify the speech of the sentence and translate it accordingly:

Has anyone seen Sara and Alia going out of the theatre?

Did someone saw Sara and Alia going out of the theatre?

Is Sara ad Alia seen by anyone going out of the theatre?

Has Sara and Alia been seen going out of the theatre by anyone?

Have Sara and Alia been seen by anyone going out of the theatre?

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When converting to indirect speech, later subjects come first followed by the object and then the first subject followed by a question mark.

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Question 6

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Use proper form of tense to make the sentence grammatically correct:

If I had asked my mom for the bag, she would gift it to me on my birthday.

Must have gifted

would have gifted

Will be gifting

Gifted

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When we use ‘if’ in the first clause, the second clause will always have past perfect tense in action. Hence, would have gifted.

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Question 7

Time: 00:00:00

Identify the speech of the sentence and translate it accordingly:

“Will you accompany me to the venue?” Neha said to me

Neha told me if I will accompany her to the venue

Neha asked me if I would be accompanying her to the venue

Neha said to me whether I will accompany her to the venue

Neha asked me if I would accompany her to the venue

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WIll changes to would and me changes to ‘I’. present tense changes to past tense.

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Question 8

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Use proper form of tense to make the sentence grammatically correct:

When the students got back to school from the summer vacation, they saw that a lot of changes __________ in their classrooms.

had been made

Were made

Have been made

Was made

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It should be had been made as sentence is in past perfect continuous tense

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Question 9

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Identify the speech of the sentence and translate it accordingly:

Let the cows be fed in the morning.

The cows should be fed in the morning said the owner

The owner told to have fed the cows in the morning

The owner ordered to feed the cows in the morning

Feed the cows in the morning told the owner

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Using ‘let’ in direct speech means that it is an order so we use ‘ordered’ in the indirect speech.

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Question 10

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Use proper form of tense to make the sentence grammatically correct:

Mary Allen resolved to make a pet out of her cousin at the wedding yesterday.

Had been resolving

Was resolving

had resolved

Did resolved

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The event took place last day, so it will be past perfect tense.

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