CBSE Class 10 English Reporting Dialogue Worksheet

Reporting Dialogue

Question. Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows by choosing the correct option.
Ashik : Hello Alam, how are you?
Alam : Not so good.
Ashik : Why? What is wrong?
Alam : Just a bit nervous. How are you getting on with your studies?
Ashik : My preparation is going as planned.
Alam : That is wonderful.

Ashik wished Alam and (a) ______________. Alam replied that he was not so good. Ashik (b) ______________. Alam said that (c) ______________ and asked how Ashik’s studies were getting along. Ashik said that his preparation was going as planned. Alam said that that was wonderful.

(a) (i) asked how he were
(ii) asked how he was
(iii) asks how he was
(iv) asking how he were

(b) (i) asks what is wrong
(ii) asked what is wrong
(iii) asking what has wrong
(iv) asked what was wrong

(c) (i) he has just a bit nervous
(ii) he is just the bit nervous
(iii) he was just a bit nervous
(iv) he had been just bit nervous
Ans.
(a) asked how he was
(b) asked what was wrong
(c) he was just a bit nervous

Question. Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows by choosing the correct option.
Student : May I come in, sir?
Headmaster : Yes, come in.
Student : Good morning, sir.
Headmaster : Good morning. What do you want?
Student : Sir, I had to collect my transfer certificate.
Headmaster : It is with the head clerk.

The student asked the headmaster for permission to enter. The headmaster (a) _________________ come in. The student then wished the headmaster a good morning. The headmaster wished the student a good morning and (b) ___________.The student said that he had to collect his transfer certificate. The headmaster said that (c) _________________.

(a) (i) asks him to
(ii) asked his to
(iii) ask him to
(iv) asked him to

(b) (i) asked what he wants
(ii) asks what he wants
(iii) asked what he wanted
(iv) asked what he want

(c) (i) it was with the head clerk
(ii) it is with a head clerk
(iii) it will be with the head clerk
(iv) it were with the head clerk
Ans.
(a) asked him to
(b) asked what he wanted
(c) it was with the head clerk

Question. Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows by choosing the correct option.
Sujon : Hello Rajib, how are you?
Rajib : I am fine and what about you?
Sujon : I am fine too.
Rajib : What is your career plan?
Sujon : I want to be a doctor. What about you?
Rajib : I want to be an English teacher.

Sujon wished Rajib and asked how he was. Rajib said that (a) _______________. Sujon replied saying that he was fine too. Rajib asked Sujon about his career plan. Sujon said that he wanted to be a doctor and, in turn, asked (b) _______________. Rajib replied saying that (c) _________________________.

(a) (i) he is fine and asks how Sujon is
(ii) he was fine and asks how Sujon was
(iii) he was fine and asked how Sujon was
(iv) he were fine and asked how Sujon were

(b) (i) Rajib what him career plan was
(ii) Rajib what his career plan was
(iii) Rajib what his career planned was
(iv) Rajib what his career plan is

(c) (i) he want to be the English teacher
(ii) he wants to been an English teacher
(iii) he wanted to be an English teacher
(iv) he wants to be the English teacher
Ans.
(a) he was fine and asked how Sujon was
(b) Rajib what his career plan was
(c) he wanted to be an English teacher

Question. Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows by choosing the correct option.
Nasrin : I want to improve my command over the English language.
Shila : For that you need to do a lot of reading in English.
Nasrin : I lose confidence when I have to speak in English and start fumbling.
Shila : You must practice speaking English with your friends.
Nasrin : Thank you for your suggestion.
Shila : Welcome.

Nasrin said she wanted to (a) _______________ over the English language. Shila said that for that she needed to do a lot of reading in English. Nasrin said that she (b) _______________. Shila suggested to Nasrin (c) _______________ in English with her friends. Nasrin thanked Shila for her suggestion to which Shila said that she was welcome.

(a) (i) improved her command
(ii) improves her command
(iii) improve her command
(iv) improving her command

(b) (i) loss confidence when she had to speak in English and starts fumbling
(ii) loose confidence when she has to spoke in English and started fumble
(iii) loses confidence when she has to spoken in English and starting fumbling
(iv) loses confidence when she has to speak in English and starts fumbling

(c) (i) to practice spoke
(ii) to practicing speak
(iii) to practice speaking
(iv) to practices speak
Ans.
(a) improve her command
(b) loses confidence when she has to speak in English and starts fumbling
(c) to practice speaking

Question. Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows by choosing the correct option.
Shopkeeper : May I help you?
Customer : Yes.
Shopkeeper : What do you want to buy?
Customer : I want to buy a pair of sports shoes.
Shopkeeper : I have just the right pair for you. Try these please.
Customer : Oh, these shoes are so nice. I’ll buy them.

The shopkeeper asked the customer if (a) ______________. The customer replied in the affirmative. The shopkeeper then asked the customer what he wanted to buy. The customer said that he wanted a pair of sports shoes. The shopkeeper said that he had just the (b) ______________ requested him to try them. The customer said that the shoes were very nice and that he (c) ______________.

(a) (i) he can help him
(ii) he can helped him
(iii) he could help him
(iv) he could helps him

(b) (i) right pair for his or
(ii) right pairs for him or
(iii) right pair for him and
(iv) right pair for him but

(c) (i) would buy them
(ii) will buy them
(iii) will buys them
(iv) would bought them
Ans.
(a) he could help him
(b) right pair for him and
(c) would buy them

Question. Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows by choosing the correct option.
Anis : Hello Rakib, how are you?
Rakib : I am fine and you?
Anis : I am fine too.
Rakib : What were you reading about?
Anis : The importance of planting trees.
Rakib : Trees save us from floods and many other natural calamities.

Anis wished (a) ___________________. Rakib said that he was fine and asked Anis how he was. Anis said that he was fine too. Rakib wanted to know what (b) ___________________ about. Anis said that he was reading about (c) ___________________ trees. Rakib said that trees save us from floods and many other natural calamities .

(a) (i) Rakib and asks how he was
(ii) Rakib or asked how he is
(iii) Rakib and ask how he is
(iv) Rakib and asks how he were

(b) (i) Anis is reads
(ii) Anis is reading
(iii) Anis was reading
(iv) Anis has read

(c) (i) the importance of planting
(ii) an important of planting
(iii) the importance of plant
(iv) the importance of planted
Ans.
(a) Rakib and asked how he was
(b) Anis was reading
(c) the importance of planting

 DIALOGUE WRITING/REPORTING DIALOGUE

Question. Read the paragraphs given below and complete the dialogue with appropriate words.
 

1. I came across Ajay walking on the pavement of a slow moving traffic and wished him ‘hello’. He (i) ................. near New Delhi Railway Station. When I (ii) .................for him, he replied that he wanted a happy ride on my bike. But I shocked him by saying that I knew walking is a good exercise and (iii) ................. to his office.

(i) (a) says that my office was
(b) clarified that his office was
(c) said that his office was
(d) told that his office was

(ii) (a) asked him what I can do
(b) asked him what I could do
(c) said him what I could do
(d) asks him what I can do

(iii) (a) said him to walk
(b) ordered him to walk
(c) advise him walk
(d) advised him to walk
Ans.
(i) said that his office was
(ii) asked him what I could do
(iii) advised him to walk

2. I saw Supanddi standing in the field. When I (i) .................. doing there, he (ii) .................. he was trying to win a Nobel prize. I was confused and enquired how standing in the rice field would help him do so. He stunned me by saying that he (iii) .................. won Nobel prizes had all been outstanding in their fields!

(i) (a) exclaimed what he was
(b) told him what he was
(c) asked him what he was
(d) says to him about what

(ii) (a) ordered that
(b) refused that
(c) questioned that
(d) replied that

(iii) (a) has heard that people who has
(b) was hearing that people who were
(c) had heard that people who had
(d) did hear that people who had
Ans.
(i) asked him what he was
(ii) replied that
(iii) had heard that people who had

 3. I saw a boy waiting at the door of my office. I took no time and (i) ...................... .Immediately he replied that his name was Anil. Then I (ii) .................... come for admission. Anil pleased me by saying with respect (iii) ......................... come for admission.

(i) (a) asked what his name was
(b) told him what his name was
(c) asked him what his name was
(d) ask what his name is

(ii) (a) explained if he has
(b) questioned if he will
(c) said that he had
(d) enquired if he had

(iii) (a) that he were
(b) that he is
(c) that he has
(d) that he had
Ans.
(i) asked him what his name was
(ii) enquired if he had
(iii) that he had

Question. Read the paragraphs given below and complete the dialogue with appropriate words.

1. I noticed a passenger boarding the bus hurriedly at the Kotla bus stop. He came near and (i) ................. destined to. I replied by asking him if he read the destination board, and said Nehru Place. Then, he (ii) ................. Azadpur and enquired of the fare. I said `15. But he shocked me by saying that he had got only `10. Finally I (iii) ................. at the next stop.

(i) (a) told me where the bus was
(b) asked me where the bus was
(c) ask me where the bus is
(d) said where the bus was

(ii) (a) explained that he would travel upto
(b) asked that he would travel upto
(c) ask that he would travel upto
(d) said that he would travel upto

(iii) (a) suggested him to get down
(b) suggest him to get down
(c) says to him to get down
(d) said to him to get down
Ans.
(i)  asked me where the bus was
(ii) said that he would travel upto
(iii) suggested him to get down

2. Kiaan : How did you spend your summer vacation?
Ananya : I really enjoyed the summer vacation.
Kiaan : Did you do something special?
Ananya : Yes, of course. We went to Kashmir and stayed there for a month.
Kiaan : What did you see in Kashmir?
Ananya : We visited Srinagar, Pahalgam, Gulmarg and Sonmarg.
Kiaan asked Ananya how (i) ................... her summer vacation. Ananya replied that she had really enjoyed the summer vacation. Kiaan (ii) .................. something special. Ananya (iii) ............ that they had gone to Kashmir and had stayed there for a month.

(i) (a) had she spent
(b) she spent
(c) she was spending
(d) she had spent

(ii) (a) asked did she do
(b) had asked if she did
(c) asked if she had done
(d) asked what special had she done

(iii) (a) replies in affirmative and adds
(b) replied in affirmative and added
(c) had replied in affirmative and added
(d) asked in affirmative and added
Ans.
(i) she had spent
(ii) asked if she had done
(iii) replied in affirmative and added

3. Divit : Do you like sports and games, Aditi?
Aditi : I am very fond of sports since my childhood.
Divit : Which is your favourite game?
Aditi : Badminton is my favourite game.
Divit asked Aditi (i) ................... sports and games. Aditi replied that she (ii) .................. of sports since her childhood. Divit further asked Aditi (iii) ............ her favourite one. Aditi replied that her favourite game was badminton.

(i) (a) if she liked
(b) if she had liked
(c) did she like
(d) had she liked

(ii) (a) had been very fond
(b) was very fond
(c) is very fond
(d) has been very fond

(iii) (a) which game was
(b) which was
(c) which game had been
(d) which game is
Ans.
(i) if she liked
(ii) was very fond
(iii) which game was

Read the dialogue given below and complete the paragraph with appropriate words.

Question. I came across Ajay walking on the pavement of a slow moving traffic and wished him ‘hello’. He (i)................. near New Delhi Railway Station. When I (ii) ................. for him, he replied that he wanted a happy ride on my bike. But I shocked him by saying that I knew walking is a good exercise and (iii) ................. to his office.

(i) (a) says that my office was
(b) clarified that his office was
(c) said that his office was
(d) told that his office was
Answer. C

(ii) (a) asked him what I can do
(b) asked him what I could do
(c) said him what I could do
(d) asks him what I can do
Answer. B

(iii) (a) said him to walk
(b) ordered him to walk
(c) advise him walk
(d) advised him to walk
Answer. D

Question. I saw a boy waiting at the door of my office. I took no time and (i) ...................... . Immediately he replied that his name was Anil. Then I (ii) .................... come for admission. Anil pleased me by saying with respect (iii) ......................... come for admission.

(i) (a) asked what his name was
(b) told him what his name was
(c) asked him what his name was
(d) ask what his name is
Answer. C

(ii) (a) explained if he has
(b) questioned if he will
(c) said that he had
(d) enquired if he had
Answer. D

(iii) (a) that he were
(b) that he is
(c) that he has
(d) that he had
Answer. D

Question. I was standing just in front of the teacher’s desk. All of a sudden I (i) ................. since last Monday.She (ii) ................. to some hill station to enjoy cold. When I enquired if there was cold there, she silenced me by saying that she had no idea (iii) ................. cold or not. She then ordered me to take seat.

(i) (a) asked ma’am where she had been
(b) said her where she had
(c) told her where she was
(d) explained ma’am where she had been
Answer. A

(ii) (a) told that she has gone
(b) said that she has gone
(c) said that she had gone
(d) asked that she had gone
Answer. C

(iii) (a) whether it feel
(b) whether it felt
(c) whether it feels
(d) whether it had felt
Answer. B

Question. I found a Covid-19 patient waiting in the clinic. I (i) ............ sitting there. The Covid-19 patient (ii) ................... suffering from high fever and had a running nose. I said that he thought he was Covid-19 affected. He shocked me by saying that he had developed the same symptoms. He further (iii) ............. afraid of him.

(i) (a) ask him that why
(b) asked him why he was
(c) told him why he is
(d) questioned him why he is
Answer. B

(ii) (a) suggest that he has been
(b) obeyed that he had been
(c) replied that he had been
(d) refused that he had been
Answer. C

(iii) (a) enquired if I was
(b) enquired if he is
(c) ask whether I was
(d) added if he was
Answer. A

Reporting Conversation

Question. Given below is a conversation between Amitabh Bachchan and a press reporter. Report the conversation in your own words.

Reporter : Sir, it’s my pleasure to meet the ‘star of the Millennium’.
Amitabh Bachchan : It’s my pleasure too. I am not that as great as you have described. There have been greater actors before me too.
Reporter : Can you name a few?
Amitabh Bachchan : Well, Dilip is one and Balraj Sahni was another.
Reporter : No doubt, they were great actors. But no one has ever influenced or changed
Bollywood so much as you have done. You have influenced the cinema goers of two centuries, 20th and 21st.
Amitabh Bachchan : No, many new actors are coming ahead. Actors like Nassir-ud-din, late Irfan Khan and Ayushman Khurana are giving new direction and dimension to the Indian Cinema. I’m just one actor in that long list.
Reporter : That’s your modesty. Whenever anything will be written about Indian Cinema, it will start before and after Amitabh Bachchan.
Answer. The Reporter greeted Amitabh Bachchan respectfully and expressed that it was a great pleasure to meet the ‘Star of the Millennium’.
Amitabh Bachchan replied that it was his pleasure too to meet him. He added that he was not as great as he had described him. There were greater actors before him too.
Reporter asked if he could name a few of them.
Amitabh Bachchan replied that Dilip was one of them and Balraj Sahni had been another.
The Reporter agreed that no doubt, they had been great actors. He added that no one had ever influenced or changed Bollywood so much as he had done. He had influenced the cinema goers of two centuries, 20th and 21st.
Amitabh Bachchan replied in negative and added that many new actors like Nassir-ud-din, late Irfan Khan and Ayushman Khurana were giving new direction and dimension to the Indian Cinema. He further added that he was just one actor in that long list.
The Reporter replied that it was his modesty. He added that whenever anything would be written about Indian Cinema, it would start before and after Amitabh Bachchan.

Question. Report the conversation given below in your own words. Put the reporting verb in the past tense.

Mukesh : How did you spend your summer vacation?
Malini : Well, I really enjoyed the vacation.
Mukesh : How? Did you do something special?
Malini : Yes, Of course. We went to Kashmir and stayed there for a month.
Mukesh : For a month! You’re really lucky.
Malini : My parents are very fond of travelling. So are we.
Mukesh : What did you see in Kashmir?
Malini : All places. We visited Sri Nagar, Pahalgam, Gulmarg and Sonmarg.
Mukesh : How did you find these places?
Malini : They were absolutely fantastic.
Mukesh : Which place did you like the best?
Malini : Pahelgaon is superb. I think it is the most beautiful place in Kashmir.
Mukesh : I also think so.
Answer. Muskesh asked Malini how she had spent her summer vacation.
Malini replied that she had really enjoyed the vacation.
Mukesh asked how and further asked if she had done something special.
Malini replied in affirmative added that they had gone to Kashmir and had stayed there for a month.
Mukesh exclaimed with surprise that they had stayed there for a month. He added that she was really lucky.
Malini told Mukesh that her parents were very fond of travelling and so they were.
Mukesh asked what they had seen in Kashmir.
Malini replied that they had seen all the places. They had visited Sri Nagar, Pahelgaon, Gulmarg and Sonmarg.
Mukesh asked how she had found those places.
Malini told him that they had been absolutely fantastic.
Mukesh asked which place she/had/liked the best.
Malini replied that Pehalgaon was superb. She added that she thought that that was the most beautiful place in Kashmir.
Mukesh added that he also thought so.

Question. I found Ashok sad. When I (i) ................... standing with scooty, he (ii) .................. he was planning to learn scooty. I was surprised and made enquiry how he could learn driving that way. Immediately he silenced my by saying that (iii) ............ the first step of learning. He further added that in fact driving needs planning and practice.

(i) (a) said to him about why
(b) asked him why he was
(c) explained why he was
(d) told him about why
Answer. B

(ii) (a) questioned that
(b) refused that
(c) suggested that
(d) replied that
Answer. D

(iii) (a) this was
(b) this is
(c) it has been
(d) this may be
Answer. A

Question. Kiaan : How did you spend your summer vacation?
Ananya : I really enjoyed the summer vacation.
Kiaan : Did you do something special?
Ananya : Yes, of course. We went to Kashmir and stayed there for a month.
Kiaan : What did you see in Kashmir?
Ananya : We visited srinagar, Pahalgam, Gulmarg and Sonmarg.

Kiaan asked Ananya how (i) ................... her summer vacation. Ananya replied that she had really enjoyed the summer vacation. Kiaan (ii) .................. something special. Ananya (iii) ............ that they had gone to Kashmir and had stayed there for a month.

(i) (a) had she spent
(b) she spent
(c) she was spending
(d) she had spent
Answer. D

(ii) (a) asked did she do
(b) had asked if she did
(c) asked if she had done
(d) asked what special had she done
Answer. C

(iii) (a) replies in afftyyt55irmative and adds
(b) replied in affirmative and added
(c) had replied in affirmative and added
(d) asked in affirmative and added
Answer. B

Question. Divit : Do you like sports and games, Aditi?
Aditi : I am very fond of sports since my childhood.
Divit : Which is your favourite game?
Aditi : Badminton is my favourite game.

Divit asked Aditi (i) ................... sports and games. Aditi replied that she (ii) .................. of sports since her childhood. Divit further asked Aditi (iii) ............ her favourite one. Aditi replied that her favourite game was badmintor.

(i) (a) if she liked
(b) if she had liked
(c) did she like
(d) had she liked
Answer. A

(ii) (a) had been very fond
(b) was very fond
(c) is very fond
(d) has been very fond
Answer. B

(iii) (a) which game was
(b) which was
(c) which game had been
(d) which game is
Answer. A

Question. Given below is a conversation between two friends Leela and Latika on their favourite film stars.
Report the dialogue in your own words (in the indirect speech). Assume the reporting verb in the past tense.
Leela : Who’s your favourite star?
Latika : Among female actors, I like Kangana Ranaut.
Leela : What is so great about her?
Latika : She’s a talented actress.
Leela : Who is your favourite among the male actors?
Latika : I like Ayushman Khurana for his versatility.
Leela : He’s also my favourite. What a great actor he is!
Latika : He lives his roles. He puts his heart and soul in them.
Answer. 
Leela asked Latika who her favourite actor was.
Latika replied that among female actors, she liked Kangana Ranaut.
Leela asked what was so great about her.
Latika replied that she was a great actress.
Leela asked who was Latika’s favourite among the male actors.
Latika replied that she liked Ayushman Khurana for his versatility.
Leela agreed that he was also her favourite. She exclaimed that he was a very great actor.
Latika replied that he lived (lives) his roles and put (puts) his heart and soul in them.
Note: [In the last sentence the verbs ‘lives’ and ‘puts’ are better options as they show regular feature of Ayushman’s acting.]

Question. Given below is a conversation that takes place between Lencho and his wife. Report the conversation (dialogue) in your own words in a paragraph. The reporting verb should be in the past tense.
Lencho : Now we’re really going to get some water.
Wife : Yes, God willing. Come for dinner.
Lencho : These aren’t raindrops falling from the sky, they are new coins. The big drops are ten pieces and the little, ones are fives.
Wife : God’s merciful.
Lencho : God forbid the hail storm. It’s really getting bad. I hope it passes quickly.
Wife : The hail has left nothing. This year we will have no corn.
Answer. 
Lencho assured his wife that they were really going to get some water at that time. His wife expressed that they would get some water if God willed so. Lencho told her that they were not raindrops falling from the sky, they were new coins. He added that the big drops were ten pieces and the little ones were fives. His wife believed that God is merciful. Lencho wished that God forbade the hail storm. He added that it was really getting bad. He hoped that it passed quickly. Lencho’s wife informed him that the hail had left nothing. She feared that that year they would have no corn.
Note: [Instead of changing ‘now’ to ‘then’, the word ‘now’ has been changed to ‘at that time’. In the sentence ‘God’s merciful, the verb ‘is’ remains unchanged even in the reported speech as it expresses a universal truth]

Question. Given below is a conversation between the Paris Control and a pilot. Report the dialogue in your own words. The reporting verb should be in the past tense.
Pilot : I should call Paris Control soon. Paris control, Dakota DS 088 here. Can you hear me? I’m on my way to England. Over.
Paris Control : DS 088, I can hear you. You ought to turn two degree west now, DS 088. Over.
Pilot : I ought to go back to Paris. I’ll take the risk. Paris Control! Can you hear me?
Paris Control : Yes, I can. Follow the instructions.
Answer. 
The pilot decided that he should call Paris Control soon. He reported to Paris Control that Dakota DS 088 was there. He asked if they could hear him. He added that he was on his way to England.
He also added that his conversation be sent over to Paris Control.
The Paris Control informed DS 088 that he could hear him. He advised him to turn two degree west at that time. Again the message was handed over to DS 088.
The Pilot realised that he ought to go back to Paris. He decided that he would take the risk. He again asked Paris Control if he could hear him.
The Paris Control replied in affirmative that he/they could hear him. He advised/instructed him to follow the instructions.

Section A (Reading)

1. Read the following passage:-

In March, 1861, I commenced an expedition to discover the sources of the Nile, with the hope of meeting the East African expedition of Captains Speke and Grant, that had been sent by the English Government from the South via Zanzibar, for the same object. I had not the presumption to publish my intention, as the sources of the Nile had hitherto defied all explorers, but I had inwardly determined to accomplish this difficult task or to die in the attempt. From my youth I had been inured to hardships and endurance in wild sports in tropical climates, and when I gazed upon the map of Africa I had a wild hope, mingled with humility, that, even as the insignificant worm bores through the hardest oak, I might by perseverance reach the heart of Africa.

I could not conceive that anything in this world has power to resist a determined will, so long as health and life remain. The failure of every former attempt to reach the Nile source did not astonish me, as the expeditions had consisted of parties, which, when difficulties occur, generally end in difference of opinion and in retreat; I therefore determined to proceed alone, trusting in the guidance of a Divine Providence and the good fortune that sometimes attends a tenacity of purpose. I weighed carefully the chances of the undertaking. Before me, untrodden Africa; against me, the obstacles that had defeated the world since its creation; on my side, a somewhat tough constitution, perfect independence, a long experience in savage life, and both time and means, which I intended to devote to the object without limit.

A1.1 Answer the following question:-

a) What wild hope did the author have while he looked at the map of Africa? Why?
b) Why did the author consider while starting his expedition to Africa?

A1.2 Find the synonym of the following:-

a) started
b) ability to bear and tolerate
c) to plan
d) to step back

Section B (Writing)

2. You are Pooja/Puneet. Draft a debate on the motion ‘Will the influx of money after constitution of IPL in India corrupt the dignity of cricket?’ Write your answer in 150-200 words.
3. You watched the film ‘Taare Zameen Pe’ which highlighted the need to understand the problems faced by children suffering from dyslexia. Write an article in 200 words appealing parents and teachers not to ignore and suppress the requirements of ‘special’ children and love and care which they need to overcome their shortcomings.
4. Eco Club of your school organized World Environment Day in which a number of activities were held by its members and students of other schools were also invited to participate in various competitions. As secretary of the club, write a report in 120 words for your schoo magazine.
5. Complete the story:-
I opened the door of my room and was surprised to see …………………