HSC Narration All Board Question with Answer | HSC English

HSC Narration All Board Question with Answer | HSC English

 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.                    

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