Speech and Voices Questions And Answers

Speech and Voice Questions And Answers

On this page we’ll learn to solve Speech and Voices Questions. The functions of Speech and Voices Questions and language are interrelated on the grounds of English communication.

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Rules for Speech and Voices Questions and Answers- 

Rule 1 – Converting Direct to Indirect – Reporting Verb

  • When a reporting verb in the direct speech sentence is in past tense, then while converting it to indirect speech, all present tense transforms to past tense.
    • For Example:
      Direct: He said ” I am playing guitar”
      Indirect: He said (+ that) he was playing guitar.

Exceptions:

  • While translating to indirect speech, the tense remain the same if the direct sentence talks about any universal fact.
    • For Example:
      Direct: She said, “We cannot live without food”.
      Indirect: She said that we cannot live without food.
  • When a reporting verb in the direct speech sentence is in present tense or future tense, then while converting it to indirect speech, the tense doesn’t change to past.
    • For Example:
      Direct: He says/will say, “I will come tomorrow”
      Indirect: He says/will say He will come tomorrow.

Rule 2 – Converting Direct to Indirect – Present to Past

  • Simple Present Changes to Simple Past
    • For Example:
      Direct:
      My mother said “I am in the market”
      Indirect: My mother said that she was in the market.
  • Present Perfect Changes to Past Perfect.
    • For example:
      Direct: “I have been dancing all day” she said.
      Indirect: She told me she had been dancing all day.
  • Present Continuous Changes to Past Continuous
    • For Example:
      Direct:
      “I am cleaning the house, she said.
      Indirect: She said that she was cleaning the house.
  • Present Perfect Changes to Past Perfect
    • For Example:
      Direct:
      He said, “His team has won the match”
      Indirect: He said that his team had won the match.

Rule 3 – Converting Direct to Indirect – Past and Future Tense

  • Simple Past Changes to Past Perfect
    • For Example:
      Direct:
      Mary said “I went to the market”
      Indirect: Mary said that she had gone to the market.
  • Past Continuous Changes to Past Perfect Continuous
    • For Example:
      Direct: Karan told, “He was playing guitar”.
      Indirect: Karan told he had been playing guitar.
  • Future Changes to Present Conditional
    • For Example:
      Direct: She said, “I will play piano tomorrow at the auditorium”
      Indirect: She said that she would play piano the next day at the auditorium.
  • Future Continuous Changes to Conditional Continuous
    • For Example:
      Direct: She said, “I’ll be leaving the office next week”
      Indirect: She said that she would be leaving the office the following week.

 Here we have some practice questions for Speech and Voices – 

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Question 1

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He said, “Oh! It’s very hot. I can’t eat”

He exclaimed with sorrow that it was very hot and he can’t eat.

He exclaimed with sorrow that it was very hot and he can’t eat.

He exclaimed with sorrow that it was very hot and he was unable to eat

He exclaimed with sorrow that it was very hot and he was unable to eat

He exclaimed with sorrow that it was very hot and he couldn’t eat.

He exclaimed with sorrow that it was very hot and he couldn’t eat.

He exclaims with sorrow that it was very hot and he couldn’t eat.

He exclaims with sorrow that it was very hot and he couldn’t eat.

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Question 2

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Ram said to me, “I am sorry to hear that you have lost your dad”

Ram told me I was sorry I had lost my dad

Ram told me I was sorry I had lost my dad

Ram was sorry I had lost my dad.

Ram was sorry I had lost my dad.

Ram comforted me on the death of my dad

Ram comforted me on the death of my dad

Ram sympathised with me on hearing I had lost my dad.

Ram sympathised with me on hearing I had lost my dad.

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Question 3

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My father said to me,” Wait for me outside”.

My father told me to wait for him outside.

My father told me to wait for him outside.

My father said that I have to wait for him outside.

My father said that I have to wait for him outside.

My father wanted me to wait for him only outside.

My father wanted me to wait for him only outside.

My father politely asked me to wait outside.

My father politely asked me to wait outside.

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Question 4

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James said, “There is a snake outside the gate”.

James said that there was a snake outside the gate

James said that there was a snake outside the gate

James said that there is a snake outside the gate.

James said that there is a snake outside the gate.

James says that there was a snake outside the gate.

James says that there was a snake outside the gate.

James says that there is a snake outside the gate

James says that there is a snake outside the gate

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Question 5

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Rosita said,” I am driving to university tomorrow”

Rosita said that she is driving to university tomorrow.

Rosita said that she is driving to university tomorrow.

Rosita said that she was driving to university the next day

Rosita said that she was driving to university the next day

Rosita says that she was driving to university tomorrow.

Rosita says that she was driving to university tomorrow.

Rosita said that she had been driving to university the next day.

Rosita said that she had been driving to university the next day.

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Question 6

Time: 00:00:00
Amit said,” I have washed my jeans yesterday.”

Amit says that he had washed his jeans the day before.

Amit says that he had washed his jeans the day before.

Amit said that he had washed his jeans yesterday.

Amit said that he had washed his jeans yesterday.

Amit said that he had washed his jeans the day before.

Amit said that he had washed his jeans the day before.

Amit said that he had been washing his jeans the day before.

Amit said that he had been washing his jeans the day before.

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Question 7

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They said, “We have been supporting BJP since its inception”

They said that they had supported BJP since its inception.

They said that they had supported BJP since its inception.

They said that they has been supporting BJP since its inception

They said that they has been supporting BJP since its inception

They said that they were supporting BJP since its inception.

They said that they were supporting BJP since its inception.

They said that they had been supporting BJP since its inception.

They said that they had been supporting BJP since its inception.

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Question 8

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Boss said to me, “You didn’t help me in my project”

Boss told me that I did not helped him in his project.

Boss told me that I did not helped him in his project.

Boss told me that I had not helped him in his project

Boss told me that I had not helped him in his project

Boss told me that I have not helped him in his project

Boss told me that I have not helped him in his project

Boss told me that I had not been helped him in his project.

Boss told me that I had not been helped him in his project.

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Question 9

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Tom said,” I was writing an application to the collector about the pathetic condition of road”

Tom said that he was writing an application to the collector about the pathetic condition of road.

Tom said that he was writing an application to the collector about the pathetic condition of road.

Tom said that he has been writing an application to the collector about the pathetic condition of road.

Tom said that he has been writing an application to the collector about the pathetic condition of road.

Tom said that he had been writing an application to the collector about the pathetic condition of road.

Tom said that he had been writing an application to the collector about the pathetic condition of road.

Tom said that he had written an application to the collector about the pathetic condition of road.

Tom said that he had written an application to the collector about the pathetic condition of road.

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Question 10

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Somnath said, “I passed the UPSC exam two years ago”

Somnath said that he had passed the UPSC exam two years ago.

Somnath said that he had passed the UPSC exam two years ago.

Somnath said that he passed the UPSC exam two years before

Somnath said that he passed the UPSC exam two years before

Somnath said that he has passed the UPSC exam two years before

Somnath said that he has passed the UPSC exam two years before

Somnath said that he had passed the UPSC exam two years before.

Somnath said that he had passed the UPSC exam two years before.

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Question 11

Time: 00:00:00
Rosie said, “I will not attend the meeting now”

Rosie said that she will not attend the meeting then.

Rosie said that she will not attend the meeting then.

Rosie said that she would not attend the meeting now.

Rosie said that she would not attend the meeting now.

Rosie said that she would not attend the meeting then.

Rosie said that she would not attend the meeting then.

Rosie said that she should not attend the meeting then.

Rosie said that she should not attend the meeting then.

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Question 12

Time: 00:00:00
They said, “We will not be leaving the office without salary”

They say that they would not be leaving the office with salary.

They say that they would not be leaving the office with salary.

They said that they were leaving the office without salary

They said that they were leaving the office without salary

They said that they will not be leaving the office without salary

They said that they will not be leaving the office without salary

They said that they would not be leaving the office without salary

They said that they would not be leaving the office without salary

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Question 13

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Alice said, “I will have baked the cake by the time they will arrive”

Alice said that she will have baked the cake by the time they would arrive

Alice said that she will have baked the cake by the time they would arrive

Alice said that she would baked the cake by the time they will arrive.

Alice said that she would baked the cake by the time they will arrive.

Alice said that she would have baked the cake by the time they will arrive.

Alice said that she would have baked the cake by the time they will arrive.

Alice said that she would have cooked the food by the time they would arrive.

Alice said that she would have cooked the food by the time they would arrive.

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Question 14

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They told me, “Have you visited burj khalifa this winter?”

They asked me if I had visited burj khalifa that winter.

They asked me if I had visited burj khalifa that winter.

They asked me if I have visited burj khalifa this winter.

They asked me if I have visited burj khalifa this winter.

They asked me if I visited burj khalifa that winter.

They asked me if I visited burj khalifa that winter.

They asked me if I visit burj khalifa this winter.

They asked me if I visit burj khalifa this winter.

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Question 15

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Teacher told her student, “Why are you leaving the class early today?”

Teacher asked her student why was he leaving the class early that day.

Teacher asked her student why was he leaving the class early that day.

Teacher asked her student why he was leaving the class early today.

Teacher asked her student why he was leaving the class early today.

Teacher said her student why he was leaving the class early that day.

Teacher said her student why he was leaving the class early that day.

Teacher asked her student why he was leaving the class early that day.

Teacher asked her student why he was leaving the class early that day.

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Question 16

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He told me, “How long have you lived in the dorm here?”

He asked me how long I had lived in the dorm here.

He asked me how long I had lived in the dorm here.

He asked me how long I have lived in the dorm here.

He asked me how long I have lived in the dorm here.

He asked me how long had I lived in the dorm there.

He asked me how long had I lived in the dorm there.

He asked me how long I had lived in the dorm there.

He asked me how long I had lived in the dorm there.

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Question 17

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Dad said, “I am aware of your increasing discomfort in the room”

Father will say that he was aware of my increasing discomfort in the room.

Father will say that he was aware of my increasing discomfort in the room.

Father would say that he is aware of my increasing discomfort in the room.

Father would say that he is aware of my increasing discomfort in the room.

Father said that he was aware of my increasing discomfort in the room.

Father said that he was aware of my increasing discomfort in the room.

Father would say that he was aware of my increasing discomfort in the room

Father would say that he was aware of my increasing discomfort in the room

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Question 18

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She said,” I’ve been teaching economics for eight years now”

She said that she was teaching economics for eight years at that time.

She said that she was teaching economics for eight years at that time.

She said that she had been teaching economics for eight years at that time.

She said that she had been teaching economics for eight years at that time.

She said that she had taught economics for eight years at that time.

She said that she had taught economics for eight years at that time.

She said that she had been teaching economics for eight years now

She said that she had been teaching economics for eight years now

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Question 19

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Shifa said to me, “you should drive the bus tomorrow”.

Shifa encouraged me to drive the bus the next day.

Shifa encouraged me to drive the bus the next day.

Shifa ordered me to drive the bus the next day.

Shifa ordered me to drive the bus the next day.

Shifa says me to drive the bus the next day.

Shifa says me to drive the bus the next day.

Shifa encouraged me to drive the bus tomorrow.

Shifa encouraged me to drive the bus tomorrow.

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Question 20

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Mayur said, “They came at five.”

Mayur informed us that they came at five.

Mayur informed us that they came at five.

Mayur said they came at five.

Mayur said they came at five.

Mayur told us that they came at five.

Mayur told us that they came at five.

Mayur said that they had come at five.

Mayur said that they had come at five.

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Question 21

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Call in the next student

Let the next student be call

Let the next student be call

Call the next student

Call the next student

Let the next student called

Let the next student called

Let the next student be called

Let the next student be called

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Question 22

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The electricity board is considering action on the bill.

Action on the bill is considered by the electricity board.

Action on the bill is considered by the electricity board.

Action on the bill was considered by the electricity board

Action on the bill was considered by the electricity board

Action on the bill is being considered by the electricity board.

Action on the bill is being considered by the electricity board.

Action on the bill was being considered by the electricity board.

Action on the bill was being considered by the electricity board.

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Question 23

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By then, the scientists will have completely assembled the rockets for launching.

By then, the rockets for launching will have been completely assembled by the scientists.

By then, the rockets for launching will have been completely assembled by the scientists.

By then, the rockets for launching have been completely assembled by the scientists.

By then, the rockets for launching have been completely assembled by the scientists.

By then, the rockets for launching will have completely assembled by the scientist.

By then, the rockets for launching will have completely assembled by the scientist.

By then, the rockets for launching would have completely assembled by the scientist.

By then, the rockets for launching would have completely assembled by the scientist.

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Question 24

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The CCR room is alerting the police that four prisoners have escaped.

Police are being alerted by the CCR room that four prisoners have escaped.

Police are being alerted by the CCR room that four prisoners have escaped.

Police are alerted that four prisoners have escaped by the CCR room.

Police are alerted that four prisoners have escaped by the CCR room.

Police have been alerted that four prisoners have escaped by the CCR room.

Police have been alerted that four prisoners have escaped by the CCR room.

Police is alerted that four prisoners have been escaping the CCR room.

Police is alerted that four prisoners have been escaping the CCR room.

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Question 25

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Doctors successfully conducted a virus detection test on rats.

A virus detection test on rats conducted successfully.

A virus detection test on rats conducted successfully.

A virus detection test on rats is conducted successfully.

A virus detection test on rats is conducted successfully.

A virus detection test on rats has been conducted successfully.

A virus detection test on rats has been conducted successfully.

A virus detection test on rats was conducted successfully by doctors.

A virus detection test on rats was conducted successfully by doctors.

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Question 26

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The dance is being performed by most the students this year.

Most of the students are performing the dance this year.

Most of the students are performing the dance this year.

Most of the students will be performing the dance this year

Most of the students will be performing the dance this year

Most of the students has performed the dance this year.

Most of the students has performed the dance this year.

Most of the students have performed the dance this year

Most of the students have performed the dance this year

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Question 27

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The presiding officer vetoed the board’s decision.

The board’s decision is vetoed by the presiding officer.

The board’s decision is vetoed by the presiding officer.

The board’s decision was vetoed by the presiding officer.

The board’s decision was vetoed by the presiding officer.

The board’s decision has been vetoed by the presiding officer.

The board’s decision has been vetoed by the presiding officer.

The board’s decision is being vetoed by the presiding officer.

The board’s decision is being vetoed by the presiding officer.

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Question 28

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What was he doing in the house?

What was being done by him in the house?

What was being done by him in the house?

What was done by him in the house?

What was done by him in the house?

What is being done by him in the house?

What is being done by him in the house?

What is done by him in the house?

What is done by him in the house?

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Question 29

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He died in 2016

He died

He died

In 2016, he died

In 2016, he died

He is dead

He is dead

None of the above

None of the above

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Question 30

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Shyam has been reading for four months.

Shyam has read for four months

Shyam has read for four months

Shyam was reading for four months

Shyam was reading for four months

Shyam is reading this book for three months.

Shyam is reading this book for three months.

None of the above

None of the above

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