Q1. [1]
Report the dialogue between two friends by completing the sentence:
Harry: Good morning Bobby, how do you do?
Bobby: Quite well, thank you; but these are hard times.
Harry wished Bobby good morning and enquired about his well-being. Bobby thanked him and said that he was quite well, but remarked _________.
Previously asked in CBSE board exam
2026 2/2/1 Q3 (iv)
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Model Answer
...that those were hard times.
Explanation
In reported speech, the present tense ("are") shifts to past tense ("were"). "Remarked" is the reporting verb, so the blank completes Bobby's comment about hard times using indirect speech.
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