Dialogue Writing Practice Questions
Q. Read the dialogue given below and then complete the report that follows by choosing the appropriate option. [2016] (4 marks)
Ram: I want to meet the principal.
Peon: Sir is not in his office.
Ram: When will he come back to the office?
Peon: I think in another twenty minutes.
Ram: What are the meeting hours?
Ram went to the principal’s office and told the peon (a) _____________ the principal. Respectfully, the peon told him that (b) ______________ So, Ram asked him (c) _______________. The peon replied that (d) _____________ minutes. Ram again enquired from the peon what the meeting hours were.
Answers
(a) that he wanted to meet
(b) he (sir) was not in his office.
(c) when he would come back to the office.
(d) he would be back in another ten
Q. Read the dialogue given below and then complete the report that follows.
Mrs. Sharma: Bhola, lock the door as I am going out. Prepare the dinner by 8 p.m.
Bhola: Where are you going, Madam? Please come home early.
Mrs. Sharma: Are you going to tell me what I should do? Don’t advise me.
Mrs. Sharma ordered her servant Bhola (a) ___________. She instructed him (b) _____________. Bhola respectfully asked Mrs. Sharma (c) _____________. and requested her to come home early. Mrs. Sharma angrily scolded him by saying (d)___________. She also warned him not to advise her
Answer
(a) to lock the door as she was going out
(b) to prepare the dinner by 8 pm
(c) where she was going
(d) if he was going to tell her what she should do
Q. Read the dialogue given below and then complete the report.
Shivam: Where is my car? I remember parking it here.
Policeman: The car has been towed away as you parked it in the ‘no parking zone’.
Shivam: Sir, can I be excused this once?
Policeman: I hope you’ll remember the lesson you learnt today. OK! This should be the last time. Don’t repeat the mistake again.
Shivam asked the policeman standing there (a) __________ and (b) __________. The policeman replied that the car (c) __________ parked it in the ‘no parking zone’. Shivam requested the policeman (d) __________. The policeman hoped he’d remember (e) __________. But finally, he advised him (f) __________.
Answer:
(a) where his car was
(b) that he remembered parking it there.
(c) had been towed away as he had
(d) to excuse him that once.
(e) the lesson he had learnt that day.
(f) not to repeat the mistake again
Q. Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows.
Arun: Hello Rakib, how are you?
Rohit: I am fine and you?
Arun: I am fine too.
Rohit: What were you reading about?
Arun: The importance of planting trees.
Rohit: Trees save us from floods and many other natural calamities.
Arun wished (a) _______. Rohit said that he was fine and asked Arun how he was. Arun said that he was fine too. Rohit wanted to know what (b) _______ about. Arun said that he was reading about (c) _______ trees. Rohit said that trees (d)_______ from floods and many other natural calamities.
Answers:
(a) Rohit and asked how he was
(b) Arun had been reading
(c) the importance of planting
(d) save us
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These were excellent and also improved my spech
It’s speech not spech
clapings
it is speech
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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.
Thank you for informing us of the mistakes. We have done the required corrections. I hope all is well now.
page 2 question 3 there is a name error
plz rectify it as soon as possible to avoid more confusion
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.
Please add more questions
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In the second question (page 1) , answer to the first part is wrong as Did changes to had + verb’s 3rd form.
Thank you for referring to the issue. We have updated the post and added a ‘note’ section.
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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.
Sir,
In Question no. 4 , please check the
answers of option (c) , (f) , (h) why there is
“been”
‘Had been’ is used in place ‘was and were’.
Sir,
In question 7 (a),
How could ‘may’ change into ‘could’?
Thanks for pointing out the error. We have made the required correction.
It was nice to have such a exercise to practice….
Sir,
In question 8(d),
It should be ‘ she had been talking’ instead of ‘ she has been talking’
The correction done. Thank You Ayush for sparing time to help us clean the exercises out of mistakes.
Why are you using Wrong English ?
Why are you using Wrong English ? Please use correct English to teach.
Thank you.
Please give proper reference. I would do required corrections or elaborate upon your issue.
Thank you for this. Please add more. And I think there are some mistakes please do check and correct them. Thanks again🙌
thank you, Elena, and after reports of some errors corrections also have been done. If future reports received, required corrections will be done.
in the fifth page 4th ques there will be what he had been reading as past progressive changes to past perfect progressive
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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Thank you sir ,
Your questions on reported speech have helped me a lot to study for my exam.
Thank you sir ,
Your questions on reported speech have helped me a lot to study for my exam.
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Sir in question no. 3(b) the past tense of buy should be bought and not brought.Pls make the changes.
Correction done 😊.
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sir on page 1 Q 2 it should be “for tomorrow’s test” instead of “the test tomorrow”.
Hi Arnav, it is written as ‘for the test tomorrow’ so no problem.
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there some questions with mistakes arun and rohit question pls rectrfy the mistakes
thanks it helped me a lot because it was my todays homework i referred and completed it
Thank you
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.
Pls take a look at the first question
Isnt ‘will’ supposed to be changed to ‘would’
Correction done
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