Subject :IEO Class : Class 8
Fill in the blanks with indirect
forms of speech :
Ghost : Ha, ha! I have a glorious past of
terrifying people.
Mr. Otis : Mr. Ghost, why don't you oil your rusty
chains? The clanking noise doesn't let
me sleep.
Mrs. Otis : Uf! How miserably you are belching!
Take this tincture to cure your
stomachache.
The ghost laughed furiously and said that
________. Mr. Otis asked the ghost
____?____? He further told him that ________.
Mrs. Otis exclaimed with disgust and told the
ghost that ________! She, then, advised him
________.
A why he didn’t oil his rusty chains
B why didn’t he oil his rusty chains
C why had he not oiled his rusty chains
D why does he not oil his rusty chains
what should the correct answer be
Ans 1:
Class : Class 8
It cannot be A as we are being asked to change into indirect speech. We are telling what Mr Otis told the ghost, therefore it is B.
Ans 2:
Class : Class 9
It's A.
Ans 3:
Class : Class 8
a is the answer
Ans 4:
Class : Class 8
A
Ans 5:
Class : Class 9
A