Q1. [1]
Read the dialogue between Bharti and her mother, Geeta, regarding Geeta's birthday plans.
Bharti: Do you want to go to a hill station on your birthday?
Geeta: No, I want to stay at home and call my friends over.
Select the correct option that reports the above dialogue.
Bharti asked Geeta if she wanted to go to a hill station on her birthday. Geeta replied in the negative and said that __________.
- (A) she wanted to stay home and call her friends for celebrating.
- (B) I wanted to stay home and call my friends to celebrate.
- (C) she wanted to stay at home and call her friends over.
- (D) she wants to stay home by calling her friends to celebrate.
Previously asked in CBSE board exam
2025 2/2/1 Q3 (iv)
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Model Answer
The correct option is (C) she wanted to stay at home and call her friends over.
Explanation
Option C correctly uses reported speech: pronoun changes from "I" to "she," tense shifts from simple present to simple past ("wanted"), and the original phrasing "at home" and "call her friends over" is retained faithfully. Options A and D add words not in the original ("celebrating," "to celebrate"), and B incorrectly uses first person ("I wanted").
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