SSCCGL english language and comprehension

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In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Direct/Indirect as your answer.

She said to me, 'It has been raining heavily and you cannot go'.

  • She told me that it had been raining heavily and I could not go.

  • She told me that it was raining heavily and I could not go.

  • She told me that it has been raining heavily and I could not go.

  • She told me that it is raining heavily and I could not go.

Solution

A.

She told me that it had been raining heavily and I could not go.

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In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Direct/Indirect as your answer.

John said to me, 'Where have you been last night?'

  • John asked me where had I been the previous night.

  • John asked me where I have been the previous night.

  • John asked me where I am the previous night.

  • John asked me where I had been the previous night.

Solution

D.

John asked me where I had been the previous night.

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SSCCGLENEL12014958

In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Direct/Indirect as your answer.

'I'm taking my children to the zoo tomorrow', she said, 'to see the baby white tiger'.

  • She said that she will take the children to the zoo to see the baby white tiger tomorrow.

  • She said that she would take the children to the zoo the next day to see the baby white tiger.

  • She said that she was taking her children to the zoo the next day to see the baby white tiger.

  • She said that she was taking the children to the zoo that day to see the baby white tiger.

Solution

C.

She said that she was taking her children to the zoo the next day to see the baby white tiger.

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In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Direct/Indirect as your answer.

She said, 'Mother, please cook me something nice today'.

  • She told her mother to cook her something nice today.

  • She ordered her mother to cook her something nice that today

  • She requested her mother to cook her something nice that day.

  • She asked her mother if she could cook her something nice that day.

Solution

C.

She requested her mother to cook her something nice that day.

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In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Direct/Indirect as your answer.

John said, 'I shall be 21 tomorrow'.

  • John said that he would be 21 tomorrow.

  • John said that he would be 21 the following day.

  • John said that I shall be 21 tomorrow.

  • John said that I shall be 21 tomorrow.

Solution

B.

John said that he would be 21 the following day.