Read the following conversation and complete the passage that follows.

Question 1 :

Shylock : I am unwell.
Duke : What can I do for you, Sir?
Shylock : Will you take me to the doctor?
Duke : Yes, Sir.

Shylock told the Duke (a) …………………. . The Duke asked respectfully (b) ………… . Shylock asked the Duke (c) ……….. . The Duke replied in the affirmative.

Answer : 

a) that he was unwell
b) what he could do for him
c) if he would take him to the doctor

Question 2 : 

Kanak : Have you seen ‘Three Idiots’?
Kartik : I saw them yesterday in my class.
Kanak : I was talking about the movie.
Kartik : I thought that you were talking about the three idiots in the class.

Kanak asked Kartik (a) …………… ‘Three Idiots’. Kartik replied that (b) ……………. lass. Kanak further said that (c) …………………. . Kartik replied that (d) ………………. in the class.

Answer : 

a) if he had seen
b) he had seen them the day before in his
c) she had been talking about the movie
d) he had thought that she has been talking about the three idiots.

Question 3 : 

Utkarsh : I have lost my wallet.
Inspector : How did you lose it?
Utkarsh : My pocket was picked.
Inspector : Where did it happen?
Utkarsh : In the local market, Sir.

Utkarsh reported to the inspector (a) ………….. lost his wallet. The inspector asked him (a) …………. Utkarsh replied (c) ……………. The inspector further (d) ………….. . Utkarsh respectfully replied that it has happened in the local market.

Answer : 

a) that he had
b) how he had lost it
c) that his pocket had been picked
d) asked him where it had happened

Question 4 : 

Susan : Why have you not brought my party dress?
Jenny : I haven’t brought it because I had gone to my uncle’s house with my parents, so I forgot to keep it.
Susan : Don’t give me silly excuses. I want to know the truth.
Jenny : I am sorry Susan. I was chatting with my friends till late. I forgot that you needed it urgently today.

Susan asked Jenny (a)…………. . Jenny said that she (b) ………. . Susan (c) ………… . Jenny said that she was sorry and further added that she was chatting with her friends till late and she had forgotten that Jenny needed it urgently that day.

Answer : 

a) why she had not brought her party dress
b) hadn’t brought it as she had gone to her uncle’s house with her parents; so she had forgotten to keep it.
c) told her not to give silly excuses and further said that she wanted to know the truth.

Question 5 :

Dilip : I’ve been watching the sea and there hasn’t been any trace of a ship.
Ralph : I told you yesterday too that we’ll be rescued, so have patience.
Dilip : Why do you ask me to keep quiet whenever I say something?
Ralph : Have you ever said anything sensible?

Dilip said (a) ……… . Ralph replied (b) …….  and so asked him to have patience. Dilip angrily asked Ralph (c) ………… to which Ralph wanted to know (d) ………………..

Answer :

a) that he had been watching the sea and that there had not been any trace of a ship
b) that he had told him the day before that they would be rescued
c) why he asked him to keep quiet whenever he said something
d) if he had ever said anything sensible

Question 6 :  

Sanjay : I am surprised to see you here in Delhi. When did you come?
Madan : I cam here yesterday. I have been offered a job here.

Sanjay told Madan (a) …….. and asked (b)  ………. . Madan replied that he had come there the previous day and added that (c) ……….. .

Answer : 

a) that he was surprised to see him there in Delhi
b) when he had come
c) he had been offered a job there