Grade:10
English
Unit 3
Reporting Questions
Day 10
Reading Task: A
Lesson: 10
Time: 50 Minutes
Full Marks: 21
Pass Mark: 9
Please note that all the tasks and items prepared below are
authentic materials and will be used as they are in your terminal, Pre SEE and
SEE Preparation Examinations. You are therefore required to sincerely complete
these tasks on a daily basis. Parents are kindly advised to be observant and
with their children monitoring and supervising their studies and most of these
contents contain a number of materials on the internet, especially YouTube. Just make sure that they do not get digitally
distracted.
1.
Scene Setting:
Listen to the videos provided on the links below before you attempt the given
tasks.
Task I: Read the following excerpt from the story above and
report it in a short paragraph. [5]
a)
'How are you?’ I asked.
b)
‘I’m not in hilarious spirits,’ he answered.
c)
‘Is it Tom again?’ He sighed.
d)
‘Yes, it’s Tom again.’
e)
‘Why don’t you chuck him? You’ve done
everything in the world for him. You must know by now that he’s quite
hopeless.'
2. Sangeet reported the conversation to his teacher. Observe how
he reported it and compare it with your answer.
The narrator asked how he was. George replied that he was not in
hilarious spirits. The narrator asked if it was Tom again. George answered
positively. The narrator advised George to chuck him. He also explained that he
had done everything in the world for him. He added that he had to know by then
that he was quite hopeless
Task II. Match the direct speech in column A with their answers
in Column B as in the example. [5]
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SN
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Column A
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Match
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SN
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Column B
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1
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She said to me, "Where is Dolma?"
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1=C
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A
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He asked her where she was from.
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2
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She said to me, “Is he at home?”
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B
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The head teacher asked me if I could go to school.
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3
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He said to me, “Where are you from?”
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C
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She asked me where Dolma was
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4
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The head teacher said, “Can you come to the school?”
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D
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She asks him if he loved reading
novels.
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5
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He said to me, “Will you see me next
week?”
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E
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She asked me whether I had heard
about the accident.
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6
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She says to him, “Do you love reading novels?”
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F
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She asked me if he was at home.
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7
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She said, “Have you heard about the
accident?’
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G
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He asked me if I would be able to
see him the following week.
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Please
consider the mood of the speaker and not just the structure while reporting and
use relevant reporting verbs.
Task III. Change the following remarks into indirect/reported
speech. [11]
i)
Anupam says, “Where do you live?”
®
Anupam asks me
..............................................................................................................
ii)
b. Sanjeeb says, “Can you solve the problem?”
®
Sanjeeb asks
....................................................................................................................
iii)
c. Prabin said, “Does Pramila love me?”
®
Prabin asked
.....................................................................................................................
iv)
d. Dinesh said to his friends, “Who went to Muktinath for
worshipping the God?”
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Dinesh asked his friends
.......................................................................................................
v)
Navaraj said to
Saraswoti, “Will you visit me in Australia?”
®
Navaraj told Saraswoti
.........................................................................................................
vi)
Julia said to Pujan, “How is your husband?”
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Julia inquired Pujan .............................................................................................................
vii) A stranger said to Astha, “What kind of music
do you like?”
®
A stranger asked Astha
.......................................................................................................
viii) Bharatlal said to Phiroj, “Aren’t you applying for a grant?”
®
Bharatlal asked Phiroj
.........................................................................................................
x.
Ashutosh said to Durgalal, “Aren’t you in the office?”
®
Ashutosh asked Durgalal
.....................................................................................................
xi.
j. “Didn’t you pay her?” he said.
® He
asked ................................................................................................................................
Task IV:
Some Useful Links
Note:
Please use a separate Notebook for all your tasks
or A4 size paper well-maintained in a
portfolio/file in the same order for submission and
evaluation later.
The End
Compiled, Edited and Prepared by Jaya Narayan Bhusal
Department of English
