Passage Narration Lesson -1 for University Admission Test, Job Application Test, BCS Exam and Any Competitive Examination

NARRATION (SPEECH)

Part 1: Primary Discussion

Narration বা উক্তি হলো বক্তার কথা অন্যকে বর্ণনা করার পদ্ধতি। এটি দুই প্রকার:

1. Direct Speech (প্রত্যক্ষ উক্তি): বক্তার কথা অবিকল তার নিজের ভাষায় উদ্ধৃত করা। এটি Inverted Comma (" ") এর মধ্যে থাকে।

   • Ex: He said to me, "I am ill."

2. Indirect Speech (পরোক্ষ উক্তি): বক্তার কথা অন্যের ভাষায় পরিবর্তন করে বর্ণনা করা।

   • Ex: He told me that he was ill.

Key Components:

• Reporting Verb: Inverted comma-এর বাইরের verb টি (যেমন: said, told).

• Reported Speech: Inverted comma-এর ভেতরের অংশটি।

Part 2: General Rules of Transformation

1. Change of Person

Reported Speech-এর Person পরিবর্তন করার নিয়ম:

• First Person (I, we, my, our, me, us): Reporting Verb-এর Subject অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তিত হয়।

  • Direct: He said, "I do my work."

  • Indirect: He said that he did his work.

• Second Person (You, your): Reporting Verb-এর Object অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তিত হয়।

  • Direct: He said to me, "You are right."

  • Indirect: He told me that I was right.

• Third Person (He, she, it, they, names): কোনো পরিবর্তন হয় না।

  • Direct: I said, "He is good."

  • Indirect: I said that he was good.

2. Change of Tense

Reporting Verb যদি Past Tense-এ থাকে, তবে Reported Speech-এর Tense নিম্নরূপ পরিবর্তিত হয়। (Reporting Verb Present বা Future হলে Tense-এর পরিবর্তন হয় না)।

Direct Speech (Tense)	Indirect Speech (Tense)
Present Indefinite	Past Indefinite
Present Continuous	Past Continuous
Present Perfect	Past Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous
Past Indefinite	Past Perfect
Past Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect	No Change
Future (Shall/Will)	Future in Past (Should/Would)

Modal Auxiliaries Change:

• Can → Could

• May → Might

• Must → Had to (বাধ্যবাধকতা বোঝালে)

• Should, Would, Could, Might → No Change

3. Change of Time & Place Words

Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Now	Then	This	That
These	Those	Here	There
Ago	Before	Come	Go
Today	That day	Tonight	That night
Tomorrow	The next day / The following day	Yesterday	The previous day / The day before
Last night	The previous night	Next week	The following week

Part 3: Sentence-wise Rules

A. Assertive Sentence (বিবৃতিমূলক বাক্য)

• Reporting Verb: Said থাকলে Said থাকে; Said to থাকলে Told বসে।

• Conjunction: Inverted Comma উঠে that বসে।

• Direct: He said to me, "I have done my duty."

• Indirect: He told me that he had done his duty.

B. Interrogative Sentence (প্রশ্নবোধক বাক্য)

• Reporting Verb: Asked, Enquired of, বা Wanted to know বসে।

• Conjunction:

  • যদি Wh-word (Who, Which, What, Why, How, Where) থাকে, তবে সেটিই বসে।

  • যদি Wh-word না থাকে (Yes/No Question), তবে If বা Whether বসে।

• Structure: Interrogative বাক্যটি Assertive (Subject + Verb) এ রূপান্তরিত হয়।

• Direct: He said to me, "Are you ill?"

• Indirect: He asked me if I was ill.

• Direct: He said to me, "What is your name?"

• Indirect: He asked me what my name was. (Not 'what was my name')

C. Imperative Sentence (অনুজ্ঞাসূচক বাক্য)

• Reporting Verb: অর্থ অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তিত হয়:

  • আদেশ বোঝালে: Ordered / Commanded

  • অনুরোধ বোঝালে: Requested

  • উপদেশ বোঝালে: Advised

  • নিষেধ বোঝালে: Forbade

  • কিছু না বোঝা গেলে: Told / Asked

• Conjunction: To বসে (Negative হলে Not to বসে)।

• Direct: Father said to me, "Do not run in the sun."

• Indirect: Father advised me not to run in the sun.

• Direct: He said to me, "Please give me a pen."

• Indirect: He requested me to give him a pen.

Special Rule for 'Let':

1. Let us (প্রস্তাব): Reporting Verb → Proposed / Suggested. Conjunction that. Subject-এর পরে should বসে।

   • Direct: He said, "Let us go out."

   • Indirect: He proposed that we should go out.

2. Let me/him/them (অনুমতি): Reporting Verb → Requested / Begged. Conjunction that বা to structure. Subject-এর পরে might বা might be allowed to বসে।

   • Direct: He said, "Let me come in."

   • Indirect: He requested that he might come in.

D. Optative Sentence (ইচ্ছা বা আশীর্বাদ)

• Reporting Verb: Wished (ইচ্ছা) বা Prayed (প্রার্থনা) বসে।

• Conjunction: That বসে।

• Structure: Subject + might + verb...

• Direct: Mother said to me, "May you live long."

• Indirect: Mother prayed that I might live long.

E. Exclamatory Sentence (আবেগসূচক বাক্য)

• Reporting Verb:

  • আনন্দ বোঝালে: Exclaimed with joy

  • দুঃখ বোঝালে: Exclaimed with sorrow / grief

  • বিস্ময় বোঝালে: Exclaimed with wonder / surprise

• Conjunction: That বসে।

• Structure: Assertive Sentence-এ রূপান্তরিত হয়। (Very/Great যোগ করতে হয়)।

• Direct: He said, "How beautiful the bird is!"

• Indirect: He exclaimed with joy that the bird was very beautiful.

• Direct: He said, "Alas! I am undone."

• Indirect: He exclaimed with sorrow that he was undone.

Part 4: Special & Exceptional Rules

Rule-01: Universal Truth

Reported speech যদি চিরন্তন সত্য (Universal Truth) বা অভ্যাসগত সত্য (Habitual Fact) হয়, তবে Tense-এর কোনো পরিবর্তন হয় না।

• Direct: The teacher said, "The earth moves round the sun."

• Indirect: The teacher said that the earth moves round the sun.

Rule-02: Must

• সাধারণ বাধ্যবাধকতা (Ordinary obligation) বোঝালে Must পরিবর্তিত হয়ে Had to হয়।

  • Direct: He said, "I must go." → Indirect: He said that he had to go.

• চিরকালীন বাধ্যবাধকতা (Permanent obligation) বোঝালে Must অপরিবর্তিত থাকে।

  • Direct: He said, "Man must submit to destiny." → Indirect: He said that man must submit to destiny.

Rule-03: Vocative Case (সম্বোধন পদ)

Reported speech-এ কাউকে নাম ধরে বা 'friend', 'brother' ইত্যাদি বলে সম্বোধন করলে Indirect করার সময় Addressing as ব্যবহার করতে হয়।

• Direct: "Friends, listen to me," he said.

• Indirect: Addressing them as friends, he requested them to listen to him.

Rule-04: Sir / Madam / Good Morning / Goodbye

• Sir/Madam: Respectfully বা With respect ব্যবহার করতে হয়।

  • Direct: "Yes, Sir," he said. → Indirect: He respectfully replied in the affirmative.

• Good Morning/Evening: Wished ব্যবহার করতে হয়।

  • Direct: He said, "Good morning, my friend." → Indirect: He wished his friend good morning.

• Good Bye: Bade ব্যবহার করতে হয়।

  • Direct: He said, "Good bye, friends." → Indirect: He bade his friends good bye.

Rule-05: Thank You

• Structure: Subject + thanked + object.

• Direct: He said to me, "Thank you."

• Indirect: He thanked me.

PASSAGE NARRATION

Part 1: Primary Discussion

Passage Narration হলো একাধিক বাক্যের সমন্বয়ে গঠিত একটি কথোপকথন বা অনুচ্ছেদকে Direct থেকে Indirect Speech-এ রূপান্তর করার প্রক্রিয়া। বিচ্ছিন্ন বাক্যের (Detached Sentence) নিয়মগুলো এখানেও প্রযোজ্য, তবে Passage-এর ধারাবাহিকতা ও প্রসঙ্গ (Context) বজায় রাখার জন্য কিছু অতিরিক্ত নিয়ম ও লিঙ্কার (Linkers) ব্যবহার করতে হয়।

Basic Steps for Passage Narration:

1. Speaker (বক্তা) এবং Listener (শ্রোতা) চিহ্নিত করা।

2. Reporting Verb-টি বাক্যের মাঝে বা শেষে থাকলেও Indirect করার সময় শুরুতে নিয়ে আসা।

3. একই বক্তা পরপর একাধিক কথা বললে উপযুক্ত Linkers (added, further said, also asked) ব্যবহার করা।

4. বাক্যের Mood বা Context অনুযায়ী Reporting Verb পরিবর্তন করা।

Part 2: Rules of Passage Narration

Rule-01: Multiple Assertive Sentences (একই বক্তার একাধিক উক্তি)

একই বক্তা যদি পরপর একাধিক Assertive Sentence বলেন, তবে পরবর্তী বাক্যগুলো যুক্ত করতে added, further said, also said, again said ইত্যাদি ব্যবহার করা হয়।

• Structure: ...and added that... / ...and further said that...

• Direct: He said to me, "I shall go to Dhaka. I shall buy a book. I will return tomorrow."

• Indirect: He told me that he would go to Dhaka. He added that he would buy a book. He further said that he would return the next day.

Rule-02: Multiple Interrogative Sentences (একই বক্তার একাধিক প্রশ্ন)

একই বক্তা যদি পরপর একাধিক প্রশ্ন করেন, তবে also asked, again asked, further asked ব্যবহার করতে হয়।

• Direct: He said to me, "Where are you going? Will you return today?"

• Indirect: He asked me where I was going. He also asked if I would return that day.

Rule-03: Reply with "Yes" / "No"

• Yes: Replied in the affirmative.

  • যদি "Yes" এর সাথে আরও কথা থাকে: Replied in the affirmative and said that...

• No: Replied in the negative.

  • যদি "No" এর সাথে আরও কথা থাকে: Replied in the negative and said that...

• Direct: I said to him, "Have you done the work?" He said, "Yes, I have done it."

• Indirect: I asked him if he had done the work. He replied in the affirmative and said that he had done it.

Rule-04: Use of "Sir" / "Madam"

Direct Speech-এ "Sir" বা "Madam" থাকলে Indirect Speech-এ Respectfully বা With respect ব্যবহার করতে হয়।

• Direct: The boy said to the teacher, "Sir, may I come in?"

• Indirect: The boy respectfully asked the teacher if he might come in.

Rule-05: Addressing (সম্বোধন)

Direct Speech-এ কাউকে কোনো বিশেষ নামে বা সম্পর্কে সম্বোধন করলে (যেমন: Brother, Friend, My dear son), Indirect করার সময় Addressing (object) as (title) ব্যবহার করতে হয়।

• Direct: The leader said, "Friends, listen to me."

• Indirect: Addressing them as friends, the leader requested them to listen to him.

• Direct: "Are you hungry, brothers?" said the old man.

• Indirect: Addressing them as brothers, the old man asked if they were hungry.

Rule-06: Swearing (শপথ করা)

By Allah, By God, By Jove ইত্যাদি থাকলে Swearing by Allah/God ব্যবহার করতে হয়।

• Direct: "By Allah, I will not leave you," he said.

• Indirect: Swearing by Allah, he said that he would not leave me/him.

Rule-07: Sentence Fragments (অসম্পূর্ণ বাক্য)

Passage-এ অনেক সময় বক্তা পুরো বাক্য না বলে সংক্ষিপ্ত উত্তর দেন। Indirect করার সময় পূর্বের বক্তার প্রশ্নের Tense ও Context অনুযায়ী পূর্ণ বাক্য তৈরি করে লিখতে হয়।

• Direct: "Where are you going?" said he. "To the library," said I.

• Indirect: He asked me where I was going. I replied that I was going to the library.

Rule-08: Question Tag

Direct Speech-এ Question Tag থাকলে, Indirect করার সময় সেটি মূল বাক্যের সাথে যুক্ত হয়ে যায় এবং asked if/whether দ্বারা সাধারণ Interrogative নিয়মে পরিবর্তিত হয়।

• Direct: He said to me, "You are happy, aren't you?"

• Indirect: He asked me if I was happy. (Tag-এর জন্য আলাদা কিছু বসে না, শুধু প্রশ্নবোধক ভাবটা নেওয়া হয়)।

Rule-09: Thank You / Goodbye / Good Morning

• Thank you: Subject + thanked + Object.

  • Direct: He said, "Thank you, Karim." → Indirect: He thanked Karim.

• Good bye: Subject + bade + Object + good bye.

  • Direct: He said, "Good bye, friends." → Indirect: He bade his friends good bye.

• Good Morning/Evening: Subject + wished + Object + good morning.

Rule-10: Not Mentioning the Speaker

অনেক সময় Passage-এর শুরুতে বক্তার নাম থাকে না। সেক্ষেত্রে পুরো Passage পড়ে বক্তা (Speaker) ও শ্রোতা (Listener) খুঁজে বের করতে হয়। যদি নাম পাওয়া না যায় তবে The speaker এবং The listener ব্যবহার করা যায়।

Part 3: Step-by-Step Solved Examples

Example 01: Teacher & Student

Direct: The teacher said to the student, "Have you prepared your lesson today?" "No, Sir," replied the student. "Why?" said the teacher. "I was suffering from headache yesterday. I shall do my work tomorrow," said the student.

Indirect: The teacher asked the student if he had prepared his lesson that day. The student respectfully replied in the negative. The teacher asked him the reason why (or asked why he had not prepared). The student replied that he had been suffering from headache the previous day. He added that he would do his work the next day.

Example 02: Stranger & Myself

Direct: "Will you buy my hair?" asked Della. "I buy hair," said Madame. "Take your hat off and let's have a sight at the looks of it." "Twenty dollars," said Madame. "Give it to me quick," said Della.

Indirect: Della asked Madame if she (M) would buy her (D) hair. Madame replied that she bought hair. Then she (M) told/requested her (D) to take her hat off and suggested that they should have a sight at the looks of it. (Seeing the hair) Madame said that she would give twenty dollars for it. Della agreed and told her to give it to her (D) quick.

Part 4: Previous Years' Passage Narration Exercises

Exercise 01: [Dhaka Board-2019] Direct: "Where do you like to go, sir?" asked the ticket seller. "Cox's Bazar," replied the stranger. "How many tickets do you need?" "I will buy five tickets." "Take these tickets. They will cost three thousand taka," said the ticket seller.

Indirect Solution: The ticket seller respectfully asked the stranger where he liked to go. The stranger replied that he liked to go to Cox's Bazar. The ticket seller asked how many tickets he needed. The stranger replied that he would buy five tickets. The ticket seller told him to take those tickets and added that they would cost three thousand taka.

Exercise 02: [Rajshahi Board-2017] Direct: The teacher said to the boy, "Do you think that honesty is the best policy?" The boy said, "Yes, sir, I think so." "Then learn to be honest from your boyhood," said the teacher. "Thank you, sir," said the boy.

Indirect Solution: The teacher asked the boy if he thought that honesty is the best policy. The boy respectfully replied in the affirmative and said that he thought so. Then the teacher advised him to learn to be honest from his boyhood. The boy respectfully thanked him (the teacher).

Part 5: SELF TEST (Practice Exercise)

Change the following passages into Indirect Speech:

Passage 01: "Have you killed the rats?" said the Mayor. "Yes, I have," said the Piper. "Give me the promised money." "How funny you are!" said the Mayor. "We cannot give you so much money. Take only fifty."

Solution 01: The Mayor asked the Piper if he had killed the rats. The Piper replied in the affirmative and said that he had. Then he requested the Mayor to give him the promised money. The Mayor exclaimed with surprise that he (Piper) was very funny. He added that they could not give him so much money and offered/told him to take only fifty.

Passage 02: "Good morning, Rupa," said Sohel. "How much preparation have you taken for the upcoming SSC Exam?" "A great preparation," replied she. "I hope, I shall get 90+ marks in every subject." "How confident you are!" said Sohel.

Solution 02: Sohel wished Rupa good morning. He then asked her how much preparation she had taken for the upcoming SSC Exam. She replied that she had taken a great preparation. She added that she hoped she would get 90+ marks in every subject. Sohel exclaimed with wonder that she was very confident.

Passage 03: "Stop! You are eating all our bread," shouted the two rats. "I am doing my best, but I have told you that it's difficult," said the monkey. "Give us that little piece," said the rats. "This is my piece. Haven't I done the labour?" replied the monkey.

Solution 03: The two rats shouted at the monkey to stop and said that he was eating all their bread. The monkey said that he was doing his best but he had told them that it was difficult. The rats requested him to give them that little piece. The monkey replied that that was his piece. He asked/argued if he had not done the labour.

Part 5: Previous Years' Questions with Explanation

01. Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, "I went to Tangail." [DU-B: 10-11]

• (A) He said that he went to Tangail.

• (B) He said that he had gone to Tangail.

• (C) He said that he has gone to Tangail.

• (D) He said that he did go to Tangail.

Ans: (B) Explanation: Past Indefinite (went) পরিবর্তিত হয়ে Past Perfect (had gone) হয়।

02. The teacher said to me, "Don't tell a lie." [RU-A: 14-15]

• (A) The teacher advised me not to tell a lie.

• (B) The teacher told me don't tell a lie.

• (C) The teacher forbade me not to tell a lie.

• (D) The teacher ordered to me not to tell a lie.

Ans: (A) Explanation: Imperative negative-এ advise + not to ব্যবহৃত হয়। (Forbade ব্যবহার করলে not বসে না)।

03. He said to me, "May you be happy." [CU-C: 12-13]

• (A) He wished that I might be happy.

• (B) He prayed that I may be happy.

• (C) He said that I might be happy.

• (D) He told me that I might be happy.

Ans: (A) Explanation: Optative sentence-এ reporting verb 'wished' বা 'prayed' হয় এবং may -> might হয়।

04. He asked me, "Are you happy?" [32nd BCS]

• (A) He asked me if I was happy.

• (B) He asked me if I am happy.

• (C) He asked me that I was happy.

• (D) He asked me whether I am happy.

Ans: (A) Explanation: Reporting verb past tense, তাই reported speech-ও past হবে (am -> was)। Yes/No question তাই if বসেছে।

05. "Where did you go yesterday?" said Rajib. [JU-B: 18-19]

• (A) Rajib asked where I had gone the previous day.

• (B) Rajib asked where had I gone yesterday.

• (C) Rajib asked where I went the previous day.

• (D) Rajib said where I had gone yesterday.

Ans: (A) Explanation: Interrogative-এ asked বসে। Past Indefinite -> Past Perfect। Yesterday -> The previous day। Subject আগে, verb পরে।

Narration Exercise

1. The teacher said, "Thank you, my boys." The indirect narration of the sentence is- [বিভিন্ন মন্ত্রণালয়ের ব্যক্তিগত কর্মকর্তা-১৯]

A. The teacher said that thank you my boys.

B. The teacher told the boys and thanked them.

C. The teacher thanked the boys.

D. The boys were thanked by the teacher.

Ans: C

2. The direct form of the indirect sentence 'He said that the patient had died early in the morning' is- [সাধারণ বীমা কর্পোরেশনের আপার ডিভিশন অ্যাসিসটেন্ট-১৯]

A. He said, "The patient has died early in the morning."

B. He said, "The patient had died early in the morning."

C. He said, "The patient died early in the last morning."

D. He said, "The patient died early in the morning."

Ans: D

3. The old man said, "Curse the flood." The indirect narration of the sentence is- [বিভিন্ন মন্ত্রণালয়ের প্রশাসনিক কর্মকর্তা-১৯]

A. The old man said that the flood be cursed.

B. The old man cursed the flood.

C. The old man told that the flood is cursed.

D. The old man cursing the flood.

Ans: B

4. Change the narration- The teacher says, "Rose smells sweet". [ডাক বিভাগের পোস্টাল অপারেটর-১৯]

A. The teacher said that rose smells sweet.

B. The teacher says that rose smells sweet.

C. Rose smells sweet is said by the teacher.

D. Rose smells sweet was said by the teacher.

Ans: B

5. Change the narration- John said to me, "Do you know where he is?" [ডাক বিভাগের পোস্টাল অপারেটর-১৯]

A. John asked me if I knew where he was.

B. John asked me do I know where he was.

C. John said to me if I know where he is.

D. John said to me if I knew where he was.

Ans: A

6. Change the form of speech: They said to him, "Sir, please visit our office today." [রূপালী ব্যাংক লি. (অফিসার)-১৯]

A. They asked him to visit their office today.

B. They requested him respectfully to visit their office that day.

C. They addressed him Sir and requested him to visit the office today.

D. They told him in humble manner to visit their office that day.

Ans: B

7. The indirect form of the sentence, He said, "We cannot be quite happy in this life" should be [সাধারণ বীমা কর্পোরেশনের অ্যাসিসটেন্ট ম্যানেজার-১৯]

A. He said that we could not be quite happy in this life.

B. He said that we cannot be quite happy in this life.

C. He said that they cannot be quite happy in this life.

D. He said that they could not be quite happy in this life.

Ans: B (Explanation: 'We' refers to mankind/universal truth, so no change).

8. Kamal said to me, "What is your name?" (Indirect form) [প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক (৪র্থ পর্যায়)-১৯]

A. Kamal asked you your name.

B. Kamal asked me what was my name.

C. What my name is, Kamal asked.

D. Kamal asked me what my name was.

Ans: D

9. The indirect speech of, He said, 'You liar.' is- [পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়ের প্রশাসনিক কর্মকর্তা-১৯]

A. He said me a liar.

B. He called me a liar.

C. He said me to go to a liar.

D. He called me a liar.

Ans: D

10. Choose the correct answer. [১৬তম প্রভাষক নিবন্ধন-১৯]

A. He gave me good-bye.

B. He bade me good-bye.

C. He told me good-bye.

D. He wished me good-bye.

Ans: B

11. He said, "I shall go to office". Indirect form is- [চলচ্চিত্র ও প্রকাশনা অধিদপ্তরের ক্যামেরাম্যান-১৯]

A. He said that he shall go to office

B. He said that he would go to office

C. He said that he will go to office

D. He said that he should go to office

Ans: B

12. Which one is the correct indirect narration? "Why have you beaten my dog"? he said to me. [38th BCS]

A. He demanded me why had I beaten his dog.

B. He asked me why I have had beaten his dog.

C. He enquired me why had I beaten his dog.

D. He demanded of me why I had beaten his dog.

Ans: D

13. The indirect speech of the sentence "Sally said to me, "Please get me a drink" is: [বিভিন্ন মন্ত্রণালয়ের প্রশাসনিক কর্মকর্তা-১৮]

A. Sally told me to get a drink for her

B. Sally asked me to get her a drink

C. Sally told me to get a drink

D. Sally inquired me to have a drink for her

Ans: B

14. Choose the correct indirect sentence: He said, "Man is mortal" [জনস্বাস্থ্য প্রকৌশল অধিদপ্তর (এস্টিমেটর)-১৮]

A. He said man is mortal.

B. He told that man had been mortal.

C. He said that man is mortal.

D. He said that man was mortal.

Ans: C

15. The correct indirect form of I said to him, "I don't believe you." [BEZA এর সহকারী ব্যবস্থাপক-১৮]

A. I said I don't believe him.

B. I said I didn't believe him.

C. I said I don't believes you.

D. I have said I didn't believe him.

Ans: B

16. Choose the correct indirect form of the following sentence: He said to me, "I don't believe you." [বিভিন্ন মন্ত্রণালয়/বিভাগ/অধিদপ্তর ব্যক্তিগত কর্মকর্তা (সাধারণ)-১৮]

A. He said that he didn't believe you.

B. He said he hadn't believe me.

C. He told me that he didn't believe me.

D. He told me he wouldn't believe me.

Ans: C

17. Change the narration: The captain says, 'Company move forward' [রূপালী ব্যাংক লি. অফিসার (ক্যাশ)-১৮]

A. The captain commands the company to move forward.

B. The captain commanded to move the company forward.

C. The captain instructed the company for a forward move.

D. The captain requests the company to move forward.

Ans: A

18. Change the form of speech: They said, "We cannot live without air." [৫ ব্যাংকের সমন্বিত পরীক্ষা (অফিসার)-১৮]

A. They said that human cannot live without air.

B. They said that we cannot live without air.

C. They said that it is not possible to live without air.

D. They realized that people could not live without air.

Ans: B

19. Change into indirect speech: "Are you alone, my son?" asked a soft voice close behind me. [বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক (AD)-১৮]

A. What I was doing there alone was asked by a soft voice.

B. A soft voice told me as his son and asked me whether I was alone.

C. A soft voice from my behind asked me if I was alone.

D. Addressing me as his son a soft voice asked if I was alone.

Ans: D

20. He said to her, 'What a cold day! The underlined speech of this: [KU (BBA) 16-17]

A. He told her that it was a cold day.

B. He exclaimed that it was a cold day.

C. He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was a cold day.

D. He exclaimed that it was a very cold day.

Ans: D

21. The indirect form of the sentence "He said, 'Let us go for a walk'." is [অগ্রনী ব্যাংক সিনিয়র অফিসার-১৭]

A. He said that they must go for a walk.

B. He suggested that they should go for a walk.

C. He proposed that they would go for a walk.

D. He proposed to go for a walk.

Ans: B

22. 'Don't waste time', the teacher said to the students. The indirect form of the speech [সাধারণ পুলের আওতার বিভিন্ন মন্ত্রণালয়ের সহকারী প্রোপালার, উপসহকারী প্রকৌশলী প্রাসনিক কর্মকর্তা ও ব্যক্তিগত কর্মকর্তা-১৬]

A. The teacher forbade the students not to waste time.

B. The teacher advised the students not to waste time.

C. The teacher advised the students to not waste time.

D. The teacher ordered the students don't waste time.

Ans: B

23. Change the narration: You said, 'He was there'. [বাংলাদেশ বিভাগ (মেট্রোপলিটন সার্কেল) পরিদর্শক-১৬]

A. You said that he had been here

B. You said that he was there

C. You said that he had there

D. You said that he is there

Ans: B (Note: Past Indefinite usually changes to Past Perfect, but sometimes stays past. If C 'had been there' was an option, it would be preferred. Here B preserves meaning. Text says B).

24. My father said to me, "We are going there tomorrow, বাক্যের indirect speech হবে- [প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক (মেঘনা)-১২]

A. My father told me that they would be going there the next day.

B. My father said to me that they are going there the next day.

C. My father told me that they were going there the next day.

D. My father told me that they are going there the next day.

Ans: C

25. Find out the correct sentence in indirect speech. [পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়ের ব্যক্তিগত কর্মকর্তা-১৮, সমাজসেবা অধিদপ্তরে সমাজকল্যাণ সংগঠক-০৫] He said to me, "What are you doing?"

A. He said to me what I am doing?

B. He asked me what I was doing.

C. He said what was to do.

D. He said about my doing.

Ans: B

26. Choose correct direct form of "He asked me what I was doing." [নির্বাচন কমিশন সচিবালয়ে প্রশাসনিক কর্মকর্তা-০৪]

A. He said to me, "What I was doing?"

B. He said me, "What was I doing?"

C. He said, "What I am doing?"

D. He said to me, "What are you doing?"

Ans: D

27. He said to me, "Do you like music?" The indirect form of this sentence is - [পরিবেশ অধিদপ্তরের সহকারী পরিচালক (কারিগরি)-১১]

A. He said if I like music.

B. He asked me do I like music.

C. He asked to me if I like music.

D. He asked me if I liked music.

Ans: D

28. Turn into indirect narration: I asked, "Whose picture is it?" [ব্যাংক (অফিসার, প্রশ-১৭]

A. I asked which picture it was.

B. I asked whose picture it was.

C. I asked to which the picture is.

D. I asked whose the picture is.

Ans: B

29. Change the speech: "What do you want?" she asked him. [JU (F) 14-15, প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়ের উপ-সহকারী পরিচালক-১৬, BRUR (D) 16-17, ডাক বিভাগের মেইল অপারেটর-১৯]

A. She asked him what he wanted.

B. She asked him what he wants.

C. She asks him what he wants.

D. She wanted him

Ans: A

30. Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, "What a beautiful bird!" [বিভিন্ন মন্ত্রণালয়ের প্রশাসনিক কর্মকর্তা (মুক্তিযোদ্ধা কোটা)-১৮]

A. He said that what a beautiful bird it was.

B. He exclaimed that it was a very beautiful bird.

C. He exclaimed that what a beautiful bird.

D. He said that it was a very beautiful bird.

Ans: B

31. The indirect form of the sentence "He said, "Let me have some milk." [ইসলামী ব্যাংক (ATO)-১৭]

A. He said that he wanted some milk.

B. He prayed that he might have some milk.

C. He requested to let him have some milk.

D. He wished that he might have some milk.

Ans: D

32. Change the narration, He remarked, "Two and two makes four" [উপজেলা পোস্টমাস্টার-১৬]

A. He remarked that two and two would make four

B. He remarked that two and two made four

C. He remarked that two and two makes four

D. He adviced that two and two makes four

Ans: C

33. "He asked me when the next letter would come" বাক্যের direct speech হচ্ছে- [প্রাক-প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক (ড্যাফোডিল)-১৩, (মিসিসিপি)-১৪, IU (B) 16-17]

A. He said to me, "When would the next letter come?"

B. He asked to me, "When will the next letter come?"

C. He said to me, "When will the next letter come?"

D. He said to me, "When the next letter will come?"

Ans: C

34. He adressed Mr. Rahman and wished him good morning. বাক্যটির direct speech হবে [প্রাক-প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক (বুড়িগঙ্গা)-১৩]

A. He said to Mr. Rahman, 'Good morning'

B. He said, 'Good morning, Mr. Rahman.'

C. He said, 'Good morning, to Mr. Rahman.'

D. He bade good morning to Mr. Rahman.

Ans: B

35. The boy said, 'Let me have a pencil.' বাক্যটির indirect speech হবে- [প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক-১২]

A. The boy said that he would have a pencil.

B. The boy said that he might have a pencil.

C. The boy told that he will have a pencil.

D. The boy told that he needed a pencil.

Ans: B

36. I said to him, "Is he a doctor?" [ইসলামী ব্যাংক সহকারী অফিসার-০৮, নার্সিং মিডওয়াইফ-১৭, প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক (মেঘনা)-১২, JUST (F) 15-16, IU (C) 15-16, প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক (৩য় পর্যায়)-১৯]

A. I said to that he was a doctor.

B. I said to him whether he was a doctor.

C. I asked him whether he was a doctor.

D. I asked him whether he is a doctor.

Ans: C

37. He said, "What a pity!” বাক্যের indirect speech হচ্ছে- [জনস্বাস্থ্য প্রকৌশল অধিদপ্তরের ক্যাশিয়ার-১১]

A. He said that it was a great pity

B. He exclaimed that it is great pity

C. He exclaimed that it was great pity

D. He said that it is great pity

Ans: C

38. The Captain ordered the soldiers to march on. বাক্যের direct speech হবে [প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক (৪র্থ পর্যায়)-১৯]

A. The Captain asked, "Soldiers, I ask you to march"

B. The Captain said to the soldiers, "Please march on"

C. The Captain said, "Soldiers, I ask you to march on"

D. The Captain said to the soldiers, "March on"

Ans: D

39. I said to you, 'He has done his duty', বাক্যের indirect speech হবে [প্রাক প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক (সুরমা)-১৩]

A. I said to you that you have done your duty.

B. I said to you that he had done his duty.

C. I told you that you had done your duty.

D. I told you that he has done your duty.

Ans: B

40. The Chairman said to the members, 'Let us drop the matter today'. বাক্যের indirect speech হবে [প্রাক-প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক-১৩]

A. The Chairman proposed to the members to drop the matter that day.

B. The Chairman proposed to the members that they should drop the matter today.

C. The Chairman proposed to the members that they should drop the matter that day.

D. The Chairman proposed to the members that they might drop the matter today.

Ans: C