Reported Speech: Dialogue Writing Practice Questions CBSE Class 10 Grammar

Reporting the narration is done two ways – Direct or Indirect. The CBSE Class 10 Gramar syllabus includes this reporting in dialogue forms. After that an exercise with blanks to be filled to transform the whole conversation in indirect form. Here are given practice exercises to help practice Dialogue reporting.

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Dialogue Reporting Practice Questions


Q. Read the conversation between a teacher and student and complete the passage that follows. (CBSE Set 2, 2022) 

Neha: I’m really looking forward to the class picnic tomorrow.
Namita: Yes, after a long time we will be meeting our friends and teachers.

Neha told Namita (1) ______________ looking forward to the class picnic _____________. Namita agreed that after a long time (2) ______________ friends and teachers.

Answers:

(1) that she was really, the next day
(2) they would be meeting their

Q. Read the conversation and complete the passage that follows: (OD 2022)

Ritika: Can I borrow your Math book for a couple of days?
Mohit: Yes certainly, I have already studied for the test tomorrow.
Ritika asked Mohit (1) ……………. for a couple of days. Mohit agreed and said that (2) ……………. .

Answers:

(1) if she could borrow his Math book
(2) he had already studied for the test the next day.


Q. Read the conversation between a teacher and student and complete the passage that follows. (Term 2 SQP 2021-22) 

Biology Teacher: I instructed you to draw the diagram of bacteria. Why did you submit a blank sheet?  
Sameer:
Sir, I had drawn the diagram of bacteria, but you can’t see it because it is not visible to the naked eye 

The biology teacher had instructed Sameer to draw the diagram of a bacterial cell and asked him (a) ……..… a blank sheet. Sameer respectfully answered that he had drawn the diagram but (b) …….…. to the naked eye. 

Answers:

(a) why he had submitted
(b) he/ the teacher couldn’t see it because it is not visible


Q. Read the following dialogue between a mother and her son. Complete the paragraph that follows by filling in the gaps appropriately. (2012)

Marie: Did you see my new umbrella? Isn’t it fine?
Tony: Yes, it is! Did you buy it from the mall?
Marie: No, your father has brought it for me.

Marie asked her son Tony (a) …………… and she wanted to know whether it was a fine one. Tony agreed and asked his mother (b) …………… His mother replied in the negative and added that (c) ……………

Answers:

(a) if he had seen her new umbrella
(b) if she had bought it from the mall
(c) his father had brought it for her.

Note: A sentence in Simple Past (verb 2nd form or Did + Verb 1st form) need not always be converted to Past Perfect (had + Verb 3rd form). But it is safe to convert to Past Perfect as others (evaluators) may not be knowing it. Even CBSE marking schemes seem to follow the safe rule i.e. Changing Past Tense to past Perfect tense. An example is given below.

Direct: He said, β€œI saw the thief myself.”

Indirect: he said that he had seen the thief himself. (The safe rule to follow)
OR
He said that he saw the thief himself. (It is also correct – but mostly not followed)


Q. Read the following dialogue between Garima and Karan. Complete the paragraph that follows by filling in the gaps appropriately. [AI 2011]

Garima: So, after a decade in the industry, are you truly β€˜satisfied’?
Karan: I love the film industry. It has its flaws though.
Garima: What do you mean by this statement?
Karan: We are a bunch of competitive, ambitious, sometimes petty people. But the passion cements us together.

Garima asked Karan if after a decade in the industry (a) _________. Karan told her (b) _________ although it had its flaws. Garima then enquired (c) _________. Karan explained that they were a bunch of competitive, ambitious, sometimes petty people but the passion cemented them together.

Answers:

(a) he was truly β€˜satisfied’
(b) that he loved the film industry
(c) what he meant by that statement


Q. Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete Venu’s narration. [SQP 2020]

I saw Supanddi standing in the field. When I -(A)- doing there, he -(B)- he was trying to win a Nobel prize. I was confused and enquired how standing in the rice field would help him do so. He stumped me by saying that he -(C)- won Nobel prizes had all been outstanding in their fields!

(A) (a) exclaimed what he was (b) told him what he was (c) asked him what he was (d) says to him about what
(B) (a) ordered that (b) refused that (c) questioned that (d) replied that
(C) (a) has heard that people who has (b) was hearing that people who were (c) had heard that people who had (d) did hear that people who had

Answers:

(A) – (c)
(B) – (d)
(C) – (c)


Q. Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete the narration of Patty’s conversation with Charlie. [SQP 2020]

Charlie: Dear Santa, here is a list if what I want.
Patty: How do you suppose Santa Claus can afford to give away all those toys?
Charlie: Promotion! Don’t kid yourself……Everything these days is promotion! I will bet if the truth were brought about, you will find that he’s being financed by some big eastern chain!

While making the list of what Charlie wanted from Santa Claus, he asked Patty how …..(A)….. all those toys. She said that …..(B)….. and that it was possible as Santa …..(C)….. big eastern chain.

(A) (a) Santa Claus could afford to give away   
(b) will give away
(c) gave away
(d) giving away

(B) (a) everything these days were promotion
(b) everything these days was promotion
(c) everything those days was promotion
(d) everything these days was going to be promotion

(C) (a) was financing by some big eastern chain
(b) had been financed by some big eastern chain
(c) was being financed by some big eastern chain
(d) will be financed by some big eastern chain

Answers:

(A) – (a)
(B) – (c)
(C) – (c)


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This Post Has 68 Comments

  1. Atulya Mishra

    Thank you for question
    These were excellent and also improved my spech

    1. Correction

      It’s speech not spech

      1. correction ka correction

        clapings
        it is speech

  2. pragati

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    1. Sir

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      1. Ann Patrick

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        1. Zoy

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  3. priya

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  4. Chandana

    Why are there so many mistakes in the given questions?The names of the people in the conversation and the names of the people in the related question are completely different.Pls chk and rectify.It is confusing the kids and the purpose of these practice questions is totally defeated.

    1. Sir

      Thank you for informing us of the mistakes. We have done the required corrections. I hope all is well now.

      1. tejas

        page 2 question 3 there is a name error
        plz rectify it as soon as possible to avoid more confusion

        1. Sirji

          Thank you for informing us of the mistake. The required correction has been done- ‘Mohan’ has been replaced by ‘Vinnet’ in the last line of the question.

  5. Abhi

    Please add more questions

  6. Aditi

    In the second question (page 1) , answer to the first part is wrong as Did changes to had + verb’s 3rd form.

    1. Sir

      Thank you for referring to the issue. We have updated the post and added a ‘note’ section.

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  10. Shagun

    Sir, i wanted to know where “it” is changed to “that” . I have this confusion as there are many questions where it is changed to that..but in many questions there is “it” only.

    1. M Talib

      Sir,
      In Question no. 4 , please check the
      answers of option (c) , (f) , (h) why there is
      “been”

      1. Sirji

        ‘Had been’ is used in place ‘was and were’.

  11. Ayush Prakash

    Sir,
    In question 7 (a),
    How could ‘may’ change into ‘could’?

    1. Sirji

      Thanks for pointing out the error. We have made the required correction.

    2. Safana

      It was nice to have such a exercise to practice….

  12. Ayush Prakash

    Sir,
    In question 8(d),
    It should be ‘ she had been talking’ instead of ‘ she has been talking’

    1. Sirji

      The correction done. Thank You Ayush for sparing time to help us clean the exercises out of mistakes.

    2. niel

      Why are you using Wrong English ?

    3. niel

      Why are you using Wrong English ? Please use correct English to teach.
      Thank you.

      1. Sirji

        Please give proper reference. I would do required corrections or elaborate upon your issue.

  13. Elena

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    1. Sirji

      thank you, Elena, and after reports of some errors corrections also have been done. If future reports received, required corrections will be done.

  14. sarthak

    in the fifth page 4th ques there will be what he had been reading as past progressive changes to past perfect progressive

    1. Sirji

      Thank you Sarthak for informing us of the error. Corrections done and the question has also been modified with one more filling gap (d).

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  24. Tarang

    Sir in question no. 3(b) the past tense of buy should be bought and not brought.Pls make the changes.

    1. Sirji

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  30. Arnav Singh

    sir on page 1 Q 2 it should be “for tomorrow’s test” instead of “the test tomorrow”.

    1. Sirji

      Hi Arnav, it is written as ‘for the test tomorrow’ so no problem.

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  34. Sharvesh

    there some questions with mistakes arun and rohit question pls rectrfy the mistakes
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    Thank you

    1. Sirji

      We revisited the question mentioned by you but did not find any error. May be you have any doubt. Feel free to ask us about that.

  35. Yeah

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