HSC Narration All Board Question with Answer | HSC English
Narration is a crucial part of the HSC English syllabus. It involves changing direct speech into indirect speech and vice versa, testing students' understanding of grammar, punctuation, and context. Let's explore the key concepts, common questions across various boards, and model answers to help students excel in this section.
Narration:
Narration involves two primary forms:
- Direct Speech: Quoting the exact words spoken by someone. Example: He said, "I am going to school."
- Indirect Speech: Reporting what someone said without quoting their exact words. Example: He said that he was going to school.
Key Rules for Conversion:
- Change of Person : Persons in the direct speech change according to the subject or object of the reporting verb.
- Change of Tenses: The tense of the verb in the reported speech is adjusted based on the tense of the reporting verb..
- Reporting Verbs: Words like 'said', 'told', 'asked' are often used in indirect speech.
Narration All Board Question with Answer :
HSC Narration All Board 2018 – 2024
1. Change
the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [ COMBINED BOARD EXAM-2018 (CODE-184) ]
"How much do you want?" said the Mayor. "A thousand
guilders," said the pied piper. "All right", said the Mayor.
"We'll pay you a thousand guilders. When will you set to work?"
"Now", said the pied piper.
Answer :
The Mayor asked
the pied piper how much he (pied piper) wanted. The pied piper replied that he
(pied piper) wanted a thousand guilders. The Mayor agreed and said that they
would pay him (pied piper) a thousand guilders. He (M) also asked him (pied
piper) when he (pied piper) would set to work. The pied piper replied that he
(pied piper) would set to work then.
2. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [COMBINED
BOARD EXAM-2018 (CODE-185) ]
"Will you buy my hair?" asked Della. "I buy
hair," said Madame. "Take your hat off and let's have a sight at the
looks of it." "Twenty dollars," said Madame, lifting the mass
with a practiced hand. "Give it to me quick," said Della.
Answer :
Della asked
Madame whether she (M) would buy her (D) hair. In reply Madame told her (D)
that she buys hair and told her (D) to take her (D) hat off and proposed that
they should have a sight at the looks of it. Lifting the mass with a practiced
hand, Madame offered her (D) twenty dollars. Della told her to give it to her
(D) quick.
[DHAKA BOARD-2019]
3. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches :
"Where do
you like to go, sir?" asked the ticket seller. 'Cox's Bazar,' replied the
stranger. "How many tickets do you need?" "I will buy five
tickets." "Take these tickets. They will cost three thousand
taka," said the ticket seller.
Answer :
The ticket
seller respectfully asked the stranger where he liked to go. The stranger
replied that he liked to go to Cox's Bazar. The ticket seller again asked the
stranger how many tickets he (s) needed. The stranger told the ticket seller
that he (s) would buy five tickets. The ticket seller asked the stranger to
take those tickets and told him (s) that the tickets would cost three thousand
taka.
[RAJSHAHI
BOARD-2019]
4. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
A cat hearing
that a hen was laid up sick in her nest, paid her a visit of condolence and
said, "How are you, my dear? What can I do for you? Only tell me. Is there
anything in the world that I can bring for you?" "Thank you,"
said the hen. "Do you be good enough to leave me, and I have no fear but I
shall soon be well."
Answer :
A cat hearing
that a hen was laid up sick in her nest paid her a visit of condolence and
addressing her as his dear asked her how she was. He further asked her what he
could do for her. He requested her to only tell him if there was anything in
the world that he could bring for her. Then the hen thanked him and asked him
whether he was good enough to leave her and said that she had no fear but she
would soon be well.
[JASHORE
BOARD-2019]
5. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
"Have you
learnt your lessons?" father said to Arman. "No, I've
forgotten," said he. "That's very bad. You must be more careful about
your preparation for the examination. By doing so, you can make a good
result," said his father. "Thank you very much for your timely
advice."
Answer :
Father asked
Arman if he (A) had learnt his lessons. Arman replied in the negative and said
that he had forgotten. Then father rebuked Arman saying that that was very bad.
He (f) advised him (A) that he (A) had to be more careful about his (A)
preparation for the examination. He added that by doing so he (A) could make a
good result. Arman thanked him (f) very much for his (f) timely advice.
[CUMILLA
BOARD-2019]
6. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
"Why are
you loitering here and there now? Are you in trouble?" said the school
teacher. "I am loitering because I have none to take care of me,"
said the boy. The school teacher said, "Do you feel hungry?"
"Yes, I am very hungry now" said the boy.
Answer :
The school
teacher asked the boy why he (b) was loitering here and there then. He also
asked him if he (b) was in trouble. The boy replied that he was loitering
because he (b) had none to take care of him (b). Then the school teacher asked
him (b) if he (b) felt hungry. The boy replied in the affirmative and said that
he (b) was very hungry then.
[CHATTOGRAM
BOARD-2019]
7. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
"Whose
picture is it?" I asked. "A little girl's of course," said
Grandmother. "Can't you tell?" "Yes, but did you know the
girl?" "Yes, I knew her," said Granny, "But she was a very
wicked girl and I shouldn't tell you about her.
Answer :
I asked
grandmother whose picture it was. In reply grandmother told me that of course
it was a little girl's picture and asked me whether I could not tell about it.
I replied in the affirmative and asked her whether she had known the girl.
Grandmother replied in the affirmative and said that she had known her (girl).
But she further added that she (girl) had been a very wicked girl and she (G)
shouldn't tell me about her.
[SYLHET
BOARD-2019]
8. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
"Why did
you stop me? I don't do anything wrong, did I?" asked Riyad. "You
were driving too fast," said the traffic sergeant, giving him a glare,
"Now! Show me your driving license."
Answer :
Riyad asked the
traffic sergeant why he (S) had stopped him (R). He also said that he (R)
believed he (R) hadn't done anything wrong. Giving him (R) a glare, the traffic
sergeant replied that he (R) had been driving too fast. Then the sergeant told
him (R) to show him (S) his (R) driving license.
[BARISHAL
BOARD-2019]
9. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
Returning home,
my mother said to me, "Your progress in studies is very slow. You always
move about with a group of your friends. Aren't you idling away your time with
them? Can't you be more serious?" "I am sorry and I will amend
myself," I replied.
Answer :
Returning home
my mother told me that my progress in studies was very slow and blamed that I
always moved about with a group of friends. Then she asked me if I wasn't
idling away time with them. She further asked me if I couldn't be more serious.
Then I apologized to her and said that I would amend myself.
[DINAJPUR
BOARD-2019]
10. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
"My
sons" Said he. "A great treasure lies hidden in the estate I am about
to leave you." "Where is it hidden?" Said the sons. "I am
about to tell you." Said the old man. "But you must dig the land for
it."
Answer :
Drawing the
attention of his sons, the old man told them that a great treasure lay hidden
in the estate he was about to leave them. The sons wanted to know where it was
hidden. The old man replied that he was about to tell them but they had to dig
the land for that.
[DHAKA BOARD-2022]
11. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
"Follow my
example," she said as we shook hands. "and never eat more than one
thing for luncheon." "I'll do better than that," I retorted.
"I'll eat nothing for dinner tonight." "Humorist! you're quite a
humorist," she cried gaily, jumping into a cab.
Answer:
As we shook
hands, she suggested me to follow her example and never eat more than one thing
for luncheon. Than I retorted that I would do better than that and added that I
would eat nothing for dinner that night. Hearing this, she exclaimed with
wonder that I was a humorist and cried gaily said that I was quite a humorist,
jumping into a cab
[RAJSHAHI
BOARD-2022]
12. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
"What
happened to you, Tareq?" said Rashed. "I was sick with the flu. Have
you heard anything about our exam?" said Tareq. "It is on 23 October.
You need to collect the admit card of the exam," said Rashed. "From
where can I get it?" said Tareq. "It is in the office room,"
said Rashed
Answer:
Rashed asked
Tareq what had happened to him. Tareq replied that he had been sick with the
flu. Then he asked Rashed whether he had heard anything about their exam.
Rashed told that that was on 23 October. He added that he (T) needed to collect
the admit card of the exam. Tareq asked from where he could get it. Rashed told
that that was in the office room.
[JASHORE BOARD-2022]
13. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
"Why are
you crying? Do you have any problem?" asked the passer-by. "I am
crying because I have none to look after me," said the street child.
"Are you hungry?" "Yes, I am," said the boy.
Answer:
The passer-by
asked the street child why he was crying. He also asked the boy if he had any
problem. The street child replied that he was crying because he had none to
look after him. The passer-by again asked the boy whether he was hungry. The
boy replied in the affirmative and said that he was hungry.
[CUMILLA BOARD-2022]
14. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
"Stop.
Didn't I tell you to stop? You cannot go there," said the sergeant.
"Oh! very well, it is hard thing to be very poor. All the world is against
the poor," said the man.
Answer:
The sergeant
ordered the man to stop. He then asked him (M) if he (S) had not told him (M)
to stop. He (S) further said that he (M) could not go there. Then accepting the
idea with astonishment, the man said that it was hard thing to be very poor. He
further added that all the world was against the poor.
[CHATTOGRAM BOARD-2022]
15. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
He said, "I
can chop some wood today," "You? But you're small." "Size
don't matter, chopping wood," Jerry said. "Some of the big boys don't
chop good. I've been chopping wood at the orphanage for a longtime."
Answer:
Jerry told me
that he could chop some wood that day. Being astonished/hesitated I asked him
if he was small. At this he assured me that size did not matter chopping wood.
He added that some of the big boys didn't chop good. He further told that he
had been chopping wood at the orphanage for a long time.
[SYLHET BOARD-2022]
16. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
"Could I
help you, Sir?" said the receptionist. The man replied, "Sure, I want
to meet the Managing Director of the company." The receptionist said,
"Do you have an appointment?" "Yes, I have," he said.
"Wait for a while," said the receptionist.
Answer:
Addressing the
man as sir the receptionist asked him if she (R) could have helped him. The man
replied with assurance and said that he wanted to meet the Managing Director of
the company. Then the receptionist asked if he had an appointment. He replied in
the affirmative and said that he had. At this the receptionist told him to wait
for a while.
[BARISHAL BOARD-2022]
17. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
"Oh, my
Lord, please do not kill the child," said the woman. "Let her have
him." The king said, "Now everything is clear to me." Pointing
to the woman, he said to the servant, "Give her the child. She is the
mother of the baby."
Answer:
Addressing the
king as her lord the woman requested him not to kill the child and said that
she might be allowed to have him. The king said that then everything was clear
to him. And then pointing to the woman he asked the servant to give her the
child. He added that she was the mother of the baby.
[DINAJPUR
BOARD-2022]
18. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
"Where is
the cattle which these people graze and where are the fields they plough,
uncle?" he asked, turning to Daya Ram. "They have no cattle and no
fields here," said the chaprasi, pushing his neck back to stiff
uprightness. "It is only the rustics in the villages who graze cattle and
plough the land," he said.
Answer:
Turning to Daya
Ram and addressing him as his uncle he asked him where the cattle was which
those people grazed and where the fields were they ploughed. Pushing his neck
back to stiff uprightness the chaprashi replied that they had no cattle and no
fields there. He (C) added that it was only the rustics in the villages who
grazed cattle and ploughed the land.
[MYMENSINGH BOARD-2023]
19. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
Jerry said,
"I can chop some wood today." "But I have a boy coming from the
orphanage." "I'm the boy." "You? But you are small."
"Size does not matter, chopping wood," Jerry said, "Some of the
big boys don't chop good. I've been chopping wood at the orphanage for a long
time."
Answer:
Jerry told me that
he could chop some wood that day. But I said that I had a boy coming from the
orphanage. He said that he was the boy. Being astonished, I asked him if he was
the boy and said with hesitation that he was small. At this he assured me that
size didn't matter chopping wood. and added that some of the big boys did not
chop good. He further added that he had been chopping wood at the orphanage for
a long time.
[DHAKA BOARD-2023]
20. Change the narrative style by using
indirect speeches.
Answer :
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