Narration Practice
HSC Passage Narration 2012 All Board Questions
1. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dhaka Board-2012, 2024; Barishal Board-2022]
“Oh, my Lord, please do not kill the child,” said the woman. “Let her have him,” The king said. “Now everything is clear to me.” Pointing to the woman, he said to the servant, “Give her the child. She is the mother of the baby.”
2 Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Cumilla Board-2012]
The traveller said to the peasant, “Can you tell me the way to the nearest inn?” The peasant said, “Yes, I can. Do you want one in which you can spend the night?” The traveller said, “I do not wish to stay there, but I only want a meal.”
3. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Rajshahi Board-2012]
“Have you heard the name of Aesop?” asked the teacher. “No, sir, who was he?” “Read the lesson attentively and then you will be able to know about him. How interesting and instructive his fables are!” said the teacher.
4. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Chattogram Board-2012]
“Why are you putting the foods in your pocket, Sir? Why don't you eat?" asked the nobleman. "I'm doing the right thing. My dress deserves these rich dishes," replied Sheikh Saadi. "I'm sorry. I don't understand what you mean to say," said the nobleman.
HSC Passage Narration 2011 All Board Questions
5. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dhaka Board-2010]
“Where are you going?” said the merchant. “I was coming to see you.” “What do you want?” “I want to earn my bread by the labour of my hands.” “Do you really want work?” said the merchant. “Yes, if you have any.” “Then follow me and carry a box from a shop to my house.” “I do not see how I can do that,” said the youth.
6. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Rajshahi Board-2010]
A hawker said, “Will you buy any paper? I have all types of Newspapers and Magazines. Please take one from me.” “I buy books but now I need a weekly. Don't you have any weekly magazine?” said Sushmita.
7. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dinajpur Board-2010]
“Why don't you attend classes regularly?” the teacher said to the student, “You can't expect good results unless you attend classes as I tell you.” “I am sorry, sir, I have offended you,” said the student.
8. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Cumilla Board-2010]
“May I come in, sir?" A boy standing at the door said to him. Then without waiting for his reply, the boy entered the room and said, "Sir, I have come from Palashpur with a letter from Mr Ajit Bose." “Ajit Bose? How is he?” he said smiling. "He is not well. He has been suffering from a serious illness for two years," the boy said. "How sad it is! May God cure him," he said.
9. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Sylhet Board-2010]
“I'll pay for it," he said. "I broke it. I brought the axe down careless." "But no one hits accurately every time, Jerry. Moreover, the fault was in the wood of the handle. I'll see the man who I have bought it from," I told him.
10. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Barishal Board-2010]
“Will you go to college today?" the mother said to her son. "No, mother. Our classes are suspended." “Then go to the market and bring some vegetables.” "Let me be ready and give me money."
HSC Passage Narration 2009 All Board Questions
11. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Rajshahi Board-2009]
“Where are you from?” said the teacher. “I am from Nepal,” said the student. “How did you find Dhaka when you first arrived?” said the teacher. “Well, I like it. I think the city is very beautiful,” said the student.
12. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dinajpur Board-2009]
I asked Nisa,"What's your mother's name?" "I know my mother's name but I won't tell you that. I don't tell my mother's name to anybody whom I don't know," said she. I said, "What a clever girl you are!"
13. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Chattogram Board-2009]
“Where is my son?" said the grocer. "A crow carried your son away." said the fruit seller. "You a liar. How can a crow carry away such a big boy?" "Just the same way as mice can eat away the balance and weights."
14. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Barishal Board-2009]
“Where did you go yesterday?" said Lipi. "I went to Chattogram to see my mother," said Mina. "She has been suffering from high blood pressure." "Is she sound now?" said Lipi. “No,” said Mina.
HSC Passage Narration 2012 All Board Questions with Answer
1. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dhaka Board-2012, 2024; Barishal Board-2022]
“Oh, my Lord, please do not kill the child,” said the woman. “Let her have him,” The king said. “Now everything is clear to me.” Pointing to the woman, he said to the servant, “Give her the child. She is the mother of the baby.”
Answer: Addressing the king as her Lord, the woman earnestly requested the king not to kill the child. The woman also asked the king to allow her (the other woman) have him (the child). Then the king said that everything was clear to him. Pointing to the woman, he ordered the servant to give her (the woman) the child and added that she (the woman) was the mother of the baby.
2 Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Cumilla Board-2012]
The traveller said to the peasant, “Can you tell me the way to the nearest inn?” The peasant said, “Yes, I can. Do you want one in which you can spend the night?” The traveller said, “I do not wish to stay there, but I only want a meal.”
Answer: The traveller asked the peasant if he (P) could tell him (T) the way to the nearest inn. The peasant answered in the affirmative and said that he (P) could. Then he (P) asked him if he (T) wanted one in which he (T) could spend the night. The traveller replied that he (T) did not wish to stay there, but he (T) only wanted a meal.
3. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Rajshahi Board-2012]
“Have you heard the name of Aesop?” asked the teacher. “No, sir, who was he?” “Read the lesson attentively and then you will be able to know about him. How interesting and instructive his fables are!” said the teacher.
Answer: The teacher asked the students if they had heard the name of Aesop. The students respectfully replied in the negative and asked who he had been. The teacher told the students to read the lesson attentively and then they would be able to know about him (Aesop). The teacher also exclaimed with joy that his (Aesop) fables were very interesting and instructive.
4. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Chattogram Board-2012]
“Why are you putting the foods in your pocket, Sir? Why don't you eat?" asked the nobleman. "I'm doing the right thing. My dress deserves these rich dishes," replied Sheikh Saadi. "I'm sorry. I don't understand what you mean to say," said the nobleman.
Answer: The nobleman politely asked Sheikh Saadi why he (S) was putting the foods in his (S) pocket and why he didn't eat. Sheikh Saadi replied that he was doing the right thing. He added that his dress deserved those rich dishes. The noble man apologized to Sheikh Saadi and said that he (N) did not understand what he (S) meant to say.
HSC Passage Narration 2011 All Board Questions with Answer
5. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dhaka Board-2010]
“Where are you going?” said the merchant. “I was coming to see you.” “What do you want?” “I want to earn my bread by the labour of my hands.” “Do you really want work?” said the merchant. “Yes, if you have any.” “Then follow me and carry a box from a shop to my house.” “I do not see how I can do that,” said the youth.
Answer: The merchant asked the youth where he was going. The youth replied that he (Y) had been going to see him (M). The merchant asked him what he (Y) wanted. He (Y) replied that he wanted to earn his bread by the labour of his hands. The merchant asked him if he (Y) really wanted work. The youth replied in the affirmative that he (Y) wanted work if he (M) had any. Then the merchant ordered him (Y) to follow him (M) and carry a box from a shop to his (M) house. The youth said that he (Y) did not see how he (Y) could do that.
6. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Rajshahi Board-2010]
A hawker said, “Will you buy any paper? I have all types of Newspapers and Magazines. Please take one from me.” “I buy books but now I need a weekly. Don't you have any weekly magazine?” said Sushmita.
Answer: A hawker asked Sushmita if she would buy any paper and added that he had all types of Newspapers and Magazines. Then he requested her to take one from him. Sushmita said that she bought books but she needed a weekly then. She asked him if he did not have any weekly magazine.
7. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dinajpur Board-2010]
“Why don't you attend classes regularly?” the teacher said to the student, “You can't expect good results unless you attend classes as I tell you.” “I am sorry, sir, I have offended you,” said the student.
Answer: The teacher asked the student why he (S) did not attend classes regularly and said that he (S) could not expect good results unless he attended classes as he (T) told him (S). The student politely apologized to the teacher as he (S) had offended him (T).
8. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Cumilla Board-2010]
“May I come in, sir?" A boy standing at the door said to him. Then without waiting for his reply, the boy entered the room and said, "Sir, I have come from Palashpur with a letter from Mr Ajit Bose." “Ajit Bose? How is he?” he said smiling. "He is not well. He has been suffering from a serious illness for two years," the boy said. "How sad it is! May God cure him," he said.
Answer: Standing at the door, a boy asked him respectfully if he (b) might go in. Then without waiting for his reply, the boy entered the room and told him (M) respectfully that he (b) had arrived there from Palashpur with a letter from Mr Ajit Bose. He was surprised at the mention of the name Ajit Bose and asked smiling how he (Ajit) was. The boy replied that he (Ajit) was not well and added that he (Ajit) had been suffering from a serious illness for two years. He exclaimed with sorrow that it was very sad and prayed that God might cure him (Ajit).
9. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Sylhet Board-2010]
“I'll pay for it," he said. "I broke it. I brought the axe down careless." "But no one hits accurately every time, Jerry. Moreover, the fault was in the wood of the handle. I'll see the man who I have bought it from," I told him.
Answer: Jerry said that he would pay for it because he had broken it and again said that he had brought the axe down careless. I said to the contrary that no one hit accurately every time and added that the fault had been in the wood of the handle. I also added that I would see the man who I had bought it from.
10. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Barishal Board-2010]
“Will you go to college today?" the mother said to her son. "No, mother. Our classes are suspended." “Then go to the market and bring some vegetables.” "Let me be ready and give me money."
Answer: The mother asked her son if he would go to college that day. The son replied in the negative and said that their classes were suspended. Then the mother asked him to go to the market and bring some vegetables. The son requested his mother to let him be ready and give him money.
HSC Passage Narration 2009 All Board Questions with Answer
11. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Rajshahi Board-2009]
“Where are you from?” said the teacher. “I am from Nepal,” said the student. “How did you find Dhaka when you first arrived?” said the teacher. “Well, I like it. I think the city is very beautiful,” said the student.
Answer: The teacher asked the student where he was from. The student replied that he (S) was from Nepal. The teacher again asked him how he (S) had found Dhaka when he (S) had first arrived. The student replied that he (S) liked it and added that he thought the city was very beautiful.
12. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dinajpur Board-2009]
I asked Nisa,"What's your mother's name?" "I know my mother's name but I won't tell you that. I don't tell my mother's name to anybody whom I don't know," said she. I said, "What a clever girl you are!"
Answer: I asked Nisa what her mother's name was. She replied that she knew her mother's name but she would not tell me that. She added that she did not tell her mother's name to anybody whom she did not know. I exclaimed with surprise that she was a very clever girl.
13. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Chattogram Board-2009]
“Where is my son?" said the grocer. "A crow carried your son away." said the fruit seller. "You a liar. How can a crow carry away such a big boy?" "Just the same way as mice can eat away the balance and weights."
Answer: The grocer asked the fruit seller where his (g) son was. The fruit seller replied that a crow had carried his (g) son away. Calling him (fruit seller) a liar, he (grocer) asked him (fruit seller) how a crow could carry away such a big boy. Then he (fruit seller) replied that it could be just in the same way as mice could eat away the balance and weights.
14. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Barishal Board-2009]
“Where did you go yesterday?" said Lipi. "I went to Chattogram to see my mother," said Mina. "She has been suffering from high blood pressure." "Is she sound now?" said Lipi. “No,” said Mina.
Answer: Lipi asked Mina where she (M) had gone the previous day. Mina replied that she (M) had gone to Chattogram to see her mother. She (M) added that her mother (Mina's mother) had been suffering from high blood pressure. Lipi again asked Mina whether she (Mina's mother) was sound then. Mina (M) replied in the negative and said that she (Mina's mother) was not sound.
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