এইচএসসি ইংরেজি দ্বিতীয় পত্র ৭ নম্বরের Narratio বোর্ড প্রশ্ন ও উত্তর। HSC English Second Paper Ques. No.-07 Changing Narrative Style [ Direct to Indirect and Vice Versa ] All Board Questions and Answer.
বিশেষ দ্রষ্টব্য: পরীক্ষায় Direct থেকে Indirect কিংবা Indirect থেকে Direct-এ পরিণত করার নির্দেশনা থাকবে। প্রশ্নটি ভালোভাবে দেখে প্রশ্ন অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তন করবে।
Ques. Change the narrative style by using direct/indirect speeches.- 5 Mark
- Dhaka Board-2025 & 2010
"Where are you going?" said the merchant. "I was coming to see you." "What do you want?" "To earn my bread by the labour of my hands." "Do you really want work?" said the merchant. "Yes, if you have any." "Then follow me and carry a box from a shop to my house." "I do not see how I can do that," said the youth.
- Rajshahi Board-2025
"Have you killed the rats?" said the Mayor. "Yes, I have." replied the piper. "Give me the promised money." "How funny you are!" said the Mayor. "Take only fifty." "I was supposed to be given fifty thousand guilders," said the piper. "What have you done?" The work you have done was very simple," said the Mayor.
- Jashore Board-2025
"I will pay for it." he said, "I broke it. I brought the axe down careless." "But no one hits accurately every time." I told him, "The fault was in the wood of the handle. I will see the man from whom I bought it." "Thanks," he said.
- Cumilla Board-2025; Mymensingh Board-2023
"What kind of stories did Aesop tell?" asked Anwar. "Fables", replied Mrs. Amin. "Do you know what fables are?" "No", replied Anwar. "Well," said Mrs Amin. "Fables are stories with a message or a moral." "Who is Aesop and where does he live?" asked Anwar. "Aesop entertained people telling stories" said Mrs Amin.
- Chattogram Board-2025
"Oh, my Lord do not kill the child", said the woman. "Let her have it." 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 child."
6. Sylhet Board-2025; Cumilla Board-2014; Dhaka Board-2009
"Have you seen your mother, Jerry?" "I see her in every summer. She sends for me." The authoress wanted to cry out. "Why are you not with her? How can she let you go away again?" He said, "She comes up here from Mannville whenever she can. She does not have a job now."
7. Barishal Board-2025
After telling the story of a sinking ship, the teacher asked the students, "What do you think the drowning woman told to her husband?" According to most of the students the woman said, "Please, save my life." From the back bench a boy said, "I believe, she would have told-take care of our child." Being surprised the teacher asked him, "Have you heard the story before?" "No, sir. Actually these were also my mom's last words to my dad before she died from a serious disease,"
8. Dinapur Board-2025: Cumilla Board-2015
"Why are you putting up the food in your pocket, Sir? Why don't you eat?" asked the noble man. "I am doing the right thing. My dress deserves these rich dishes," replied Sheikh Saadi. "I don't understand what you mean to say," said the noble man. "And I'm sorry."
9. Mymensingh Board-2025
The three witches stood amidst the swirling mist.
"When shall we three meet again?" asked the first witch.
"When the hurly-burly is done; when the battle is lost and won," replied the second witch.
"Where is the place?" inquired the third with her impatient tone.
"Upon the heath," answered the first.
10.Dhaka Board-2024 & 2012; Barishal Board-2022
"Oh, my Lord! Please do not kill the child," cried the woman, "Let her have the child." The king said. "Now everything is clear to me." Pointing to the woman, the king again said to the servant, "Give her the child. She is the real mother."
11. Rajshahi Board-2024 & 2015; Chattogram Board-2016
"Why are your children crying, my daughter?" "They have been starving," said the woman. "Have you none else in the world?" "My husband died some months ago. He left them neither money nor any property. So, they are in great distress. They have to starve sometimes." "What a pity it is!" said the Caliph. "Let me see, how I can help you."
12. Jashore Board-2024
"Are you ready to order, sir?" said the waiter. "I would like to have a plain vegetable soup for starter. Then grilled chicken, boiled potatoes and garlic bread for main course.", replied the customer. "Anything for dessert?", asked the waiter. "Just a scoop of ice cream, please.", said the customer.
13. Cumilla Board-2024
A man, lost in a forest, saw another man and rushed to him and said, "Oh! How happy I am to meet you! Unfortunately I have been lost in this forest for four days. Can you help me get out of this forest?" "No. Actually you don't need to be so happy, my friend", replied the another man, "I myself have been lost here for a week."
14. Chattogram Board-2024; Cumilla Board-2011; Dinajpur Board-2015
"Porter, you may go," said the mistress of the house, laughing. "You have gained your freedom." "By Allah," he replied, "I will not leave this house until I have heard the stories of my companions."
15. Barishal Board-2024
The old man said. "Can you give me some food? I have been starving for two days." The maid said. "Why do you beg? Can't you work?" "No, I'm unable to work," said the man. The maid again said. "Don't you have anyone to look after you?" "No, I have none on this earth who can take care of me". said the old man.
16. Dinajpur Board-2024
The class teacher said to the students. "Do you like to go for study tour?" "Yes," said all the students. Then he said, "Take permission of your parents." One of the students said, "Let us go to Cox's Bazar." The Principal said, "May your journey be safe and sound."
17. Mymensingh Board-2024
The king said to the astrologer, "How long do you want to live? For you will be hanged very soon. Looking at the sky the astrologer said, "My Lord, the positions of the stars declare that I'll die only a week before your Majesty. Good bye." The king turned pale and ordered his courtiers, "Drive this wretch away and never allow him to come for disturbing peace."
18. Dhaka Board-2023
"Where will you get admission after your HSC Examination? Do you have any choice?" said the teacher to Susmita. "I'm not yet sure what I have to do because everything depends on my result." "You should have a choice. Be positive and optimistic."
19. Rajshahi Board-2023; Chattogram Board-2022; Mymensingh Board-2022
"I can chop some wood today," said Jerry. "But I have a boy coming from the orphanage." "I am the boy." "You? But you are small." Size does not matter, chopping wood," said Jerry. "Some of the big boys don't chop good. I've been chopping wood for a long time," said Jerry to the writer.
20. Jashore Board-2023
"I have won a lottery and got 10 lakh taka," said Samira. "Congratulations!" I said. "What do you intend to do with the large amount of money?" "I want to serve my poor village people. So, I have made up my mind to establish a hospital in our rural area," Samira replied. "Thank you," I said.."I shall also help you in this respect."
Answer:
1.The merchant asked the youth where he was going. The youth replied that he (Y) was going to see him (M). The merchant asked what he (Y) wanted. The youth replied that he (Y) wanted to earn his bread by the labour of his hands. The merchant again asked if he (Y) really wanted work. The youth replied in the affirmative and said that he (Y) really wanted work if he (M) had any. Then the merchant ordered the youth to follow him (M) and carry a box from a shop to his (M) house. The youth said that he (Y) did not see how he (Y) could do that.
2.The Mayor asked the piper if he (p) had killed the rats. The piper replied in the affirmative that he (p) had killed the rats. He (p) then requested/told the Mayor to give him (p) the promised money. The Mayor exclaimed with wonder that he (p) was very funny and told/ordered the piper to take only fifty. The piper said that he was supposed to be given fifty thousand guilders. The Mayor then asked the piper about what he had done and added that the work he (P) had done was very simple.
3.Jerry told me that he would pay for it. He added that he had broken it. He further added that he had brought the axe down careless. I contradicted that no one hit accurately every time. I added that the fault had been in the wood of the handle. I further added that I would see the man who I had bought it from. Then, he thanked me.
4.Anwar asked Mrs. Amin what kind of stories Aesop had told. Mrs. Amin replied that Aesop had told fables. Then she asked Anwar if he knew what fables were. Anwar replied that he did not. Mrs. Amin then explained that fables were stories with a message or a moral. Anwar asked who Aesop was and where he lived. Mrs. Amin replied that Aesop had entertained people by telling stories.
5. Addressing the king as her Lord the woman urged him (king) not to kill the child. She again requested to let her (the other woman) have it (child). The king again said that everything was clear to him (king) then. Pointing to the woman, he ordered his servant to give her the child and added that she was the mother of the baby.
6.The authoress asked Jerry if he had seen his mother. He replied that he saw her every summer and added that she (M) sent for him. She (A) then wanted to cry out, wondering why he was not with his mother and how she (M) could let him go away again. Jerry further told that his mother came up there from Mannville whenever she could and added that she did not have a job at that time.
7. After telling the story of a sinking ship, the teacher asked the students what they thought the drowning woman had told her husband. According to most of the students, the woman had requested her husband to save her life. From the back bench, a boy said that he believed she would have told her husband to take care of their child. Being surprised, the teacher asked him if he had heard the story before. The boy replied respectfully in the negative and added that actually those had also been his mom's last words to his dad before he had died from a serious disease.
8. The noble man asked Sheikh Saadi respectfully why he was putting up the food in his (S) pocket and why he didn't eat. Sheikh Saadi replied that he was doing the right thing and added that his dress deserved those rich dishes. The noble man said that he didn't understand what Sheikh Saadi meant to say and expressed his sorrow.
9. The three witches stood amidst the swirling mist. The first witch asked when the three of them would meet again. The second witch replied that they would meet again when the hurly-burly was done, and when the battle was lost and won. The third witch inquired with her impatient tone where the place was. The first witch answered that it would be upon the heath.
10. Addressing the king as her lord the woman requested him not to kill the child and told him to let her (the other woman) have the child. The king said that everything was clear to him then. Pointing to the woman, the king again ordered his servant to give her the child. The king also said that she was the real mother.
11. Addressing the woman as his daughter the Caliph asked her why her children were crying. The woman replied that they had been starving. The Caliph again asked if she had none else in the world. The woman replied that her husband had died some months ago. She added that he (h) had left them neither money nor any property. So, they were in great distress. She also said that they had to starve sometimes. The Caliph exclaimed with sorrow that it was a great pity and suggested to let him see how he could help them.
12. The walter respectfully asked the customer if/whether he was ready to order. The customer replied that he would like to have a plain vegetable soup for starter. He added that he would like to have grilled chicken, boiled potatoes and garlic bread afterwards for main course. The waiter again asked if he wanted anything for dessert. The customer replied politely that he wanted just a scoop of ice cream.
13. A man, lost in a forest, saw another man and rushed to him and exclaimed with joy that he (1 man) was very happy to meet him (2nd man). He (1st man) added that unfortunately he (1 man) had been lost in that forest for four days. He (1 man) again asked him (2nd man) if he (2nd man) could help him (1 man) get out of that forest. The other man replied in the negative and addressing him (1 man) as friend he (2nd man) said that he (1st man) didn't need to be so happy and added that he himself (2nd man) had been lost there for a week.
14. The mistress of the house told the porter laughing that he might go and added that he had gained his freedom. Swearing by Allah, he replied that he would not leave that house until he had heard the stories of his companions.
15. The old man asked the maid if she could give him some food and added that he had been starving for two days. The maid asked him why he begged. She again asked him whether he couldn't work. The man replied in the negative and said that he was unable to work. The maid again asked him if he didn't have anyone to look after him. The old man replied in the negative and said that he had none on this earth who could take care of him.
16. The class teacher asked the students if/whether they liked to go for study tour. All the students replied in the affirmative. Then the teacher told them to take permission of their parents. One of the students proposed that they should/might go to Cox's Bazar. The Principal prayed/wished that their journey might be safe and sound.
17. The king asked the astrologer how long he (A) wanted to live as he would be hanged very soon. Looking at the sky and addressing the king as his lord, the astrologer replied that the positions of the stars declared that he would die only a week before his Majesty. Then he (A) bade him (k) good bye. The king turned pale and ordered his courtiers to drive that wretch away and never allow him to come for disturbing peace.
18. The teacher asked Susmita where she would get admission after her HSC Examination and if she had any choice. Susmita replied that she was not sure yet about what she had to do because everything depended on her result. The teacher encouraged her to have a choice and to remain positive and optimistic.
19. Jerry told the writer that he (J) could chop some wood that day. But the writer said that he/she (W) had a boy coming from the orphanage. Then Jerry replied that he (J) was the boy. Being astonished the writer asked him if he (J) was the boy and commented that he (J) was small. At this Jerry assured him/her (W) that size didn't matter chopping wood. He added that some of the big boys didn't choop good. He further added that he had been chopping wood for a long time.
20. Samira told me that she had won a lottery and got 10 lakh taka. I congratulated her (S) and asked what she intended to do with the large amount of money. She (S) replied that she wanted to serve her poor village people and so she (S) had made up his mind to establish a hospital in their rural area. I thanked her and added that I would also help her (S) in that respect.

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