Narration Exam Practice

You have learned:

All narration rules

All sentence types

Common mistakes

Now it is time for exam practice.

This lesson will help you practice narration like real exam questions.

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How Narration Comes in Exams

In exams, questions often come as:

Change into indirect speech.

Or

Change the following into reported speech.

Sometimes mixed sentence types come together.

So first:

Identify sentence type

Then apply the correct rule

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Exam Strategy

Use this simple method:

Step 1

Read the direct sentence carefully

Step 2

Identify the type

Statement

Question

Imperative

Exclamatory

Optative

Step 3

Choose correct structure

Step 4

Apply pronoun, tense, time/place changes

Step 5

Check your final answer

This is your exam method.

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Model Test 1

Change into indirect speech:

1. He said, “I am tired.”

2. She said to me, “Are you ready?”

3. Rina said to me, “Where do you live?”

4. Father said to me, “Study hard.”

5. The teacher said to us, “Do not make noise.”

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Answers

1. He said that he was tired.

2. She asked me if I was ready.

3. Rina asked me where I lived.

4. Father advised me to study hard.

5. The teacher told us not to make noise.

Model Test 2

Change into indirect speech:

1. He said, “Let us play.”

2. She said, “Hurrah! We won!”

3. He said, “May you succeed.”

4. Mother said to me, “Will you go today?”

5. The teacher said to the boy, “What do you want?”

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Answers

1. He proposed that we should play.

2. She exclaimed with joy that they had won.

3. He wished that I might succeed.

4. Mother asked me if I would go that day.

5. The teacher asked the boy what he wanted.

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Model Test 3

Mixed Practice

1. He said, “I have finished my work.”

2. She said, “The sun rises in the east.”

3. The doctor said to me, “Take medicine.”

4. He said, “Alas! I am ruined!”

5. Father said, “May you live long.”

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Answers

1. He said that he had finished his work.

2. She said that the sun rises in the east.

3. The doctor advised me to take medicine.

4. He exclaimed with sorrow that he was ruined.

5. Father prayed that I might live long.

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Exam Tips

Tip 1

Do not rush.

First identify sentence type.

Tip 2

Use the correct reporting verb.

said

asked

told

advised

exclaimed

wished

Choose carefully.

Tip 3

Check question order.

Questions become statement order.

Tip 4

Check special rules.

Universal truth

Past perfect

May → might

Let us → should

Tip 5

Always recheck before finishing.

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Common Exam Errors

Students often:

Forget if/whether

Forget wh word rule

Use that in imperatives

Forget not to

Use wrong reporting verb

Forget may → might

Watch these carefully.

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Quick Revision Before Exam

Assertive

that

Yes/No

if/whether

Wh

keep wh word

Imperative

to + verb

Negative imperative

not to

Let us

should

Let me

might

Exclamatory

exclaimed with...

Optative

wished/prayed/cursed

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Practice Set

A. Change into indirect speech

1. He said, “I will help you.”

2. She said to me, “Do you know me?”

3. The teacher said to me, “Open the door.”

4. He said, “What a beautiful bird!”

5. Father said, “May you prosper.”

6. The boy said to me, “Do not touch this.”

7. She said, “Let me go.”

8. Rina said to me, “When will you come?”

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Answers

1. He said that he would help me.

2. She asked me if I knew her.

3. The teacher told me to open the door.

4. He exclaimed with surprise that it was a very beautiful bird.

5. Father prayed that I might prosper.

6. The boy told me not to touch that.

7. She said that she might go.

8. Rina asked me when I would come.

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Mini Mock Test

Set a timer for 10 minutes.

Solve these without looking at notes.

1. He said, “I am busy.”

2. She said to me, “Can you swim?”

3. Father said to me, “Work hard.”

4. He said, “Hurrah! I passed.”

5. He said, “May you win.”

Then check your answers.

This is how real improvement happens.

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Self Check

Can I solve mixed narration questions

Can I work like an exam

Can I choose correct rules quickly

Can I avoid common exam mistakes

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Homework

Solve 10 narration questions from your textbook or past exam papers.

Then check:

Sentence type

Rule used

Mistakes made

Keep a mistake notebook.

That is how strong students improve.