Reported Speech: Dialogue Writing Practice Questions CBSE Class 10 Grammar

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


This Post Has 66 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

    thank you
    it will help with my exam preparation

    1. Sir

      Thanks. New questions are also added from time to time.

      1. Ann Patrick

        Thanks a lot for these questions it helped me to be thorough with the exam pattern.

        1. Zoy

          Are you from India:)

  3. priya

    thanks for those questions

  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.

  7. Akash

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  8. Saajna

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  9. Jagdish Bhagat bolta hai

    Really, it was very helpful.

  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

    Thank you for this. Please add more. And I think there are some mistakes please do check and correct them. Thanks again🙌

    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).

  15. Pranav

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    this was useful for my class 10 board term 2 exam

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    1. Sirji

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  21. Rohot

    Thank you sir ,
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  22. Rohit

    Thank you sir ,
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  23. Deep

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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

      Correction done 😊.

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  27. Sarthak

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  28. AYUSHI JAIN

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    Thanks for such practice question..

  29. Nandini

    Good questions thank you

  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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  33. atharva

    Please add longer questions

  34. Sharvesh

    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

    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

    Pls take a look at the first question
    Isnt ‘will’ supposed to be changed to ‘would’

  36. PRABHAT KUMAR

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