Tenses — English (Language & Literature) STD 10 — Question

Transform the following direct speech into reported speech:
I said to him, "Where have you lost the pen I brought for you yesterday?

Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between a teacher and a student.
Biology Teacher : I instructed you to draw the diagram of bacteria. Why did you submit a blank sheet?
Sameer : Sir, I had drawn the diagram of bacteria, but you can't see it because it is not visible to the naked eye.
The biology teacher had instructed Sameer to draw the diagram of a bacterial cell and asked him why he had submitted a blank sheet. Sameer respectfully answered that he had drawn the diagram but
(a) he can't see it because it is not visible to the naked eye.
(b) he couldn't see it because it is not visible to the naked eye.
(c) he could see it because it is visible to the naked eye.
(d) he could not be seen it because it is not visible to the naked eye.

Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction.
There are a little countries in the world where the population is not growing fast.
Use the given format for your response.

Error

Correction

Fill up the blank by using the correct tense form of the verbs given in bracket.
We ________ (go) to Guwahati by Rajdhani Express last month.

It is possible Marlowe__________ plays for Shakespeare.

Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the sentence.
When the third entered the house, the inmates_________in the hall.
(a) were slept
(b) were sleeping
(c) slept
(d) had been sleeping

Fill in the blank with appropriate modal:
We __________ obey our teachers. (have to, must)

Change the following sentence into Indirect Speech:
He said to me, "Why have you come here?"

Fill up the blank by using the correct tense form of the verbs given in brackets.
The Mahabharata _______ (be) an epic.

Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject and write the sentence correctly.
Your pants (is, are) at the cleaners.