Question 3 (iv) - Teachoo Sample Paper 1 - English Class 10 - Solutions to CBSE Sample Paper - English Class 10 - English Class 10

Read the dialogue between Rohan and his boss, Mr. Sharma, regarding his promotion.

Mr. Sharma: How do you feel about your new role as a team leader?

Rohan: I am very excited and grateful for this opportunity.

Select the correct option to complete the reporting of the above dialogue.

Mr. Sharma asked Rohan _________________________________ his new role as a team leader.

Rohan replied that he was very excited and grateful for that opportunity.

1. how he felt about
2. to feel about
3. how did he feel about
4. with his feeling about

Answer as written by the student:

The correct option is A. how he felt about.

Step-by-step explanation of the answer:

• Option A . how he felt about follows all the rules of reported speech. It changes the pronoun “you” to “he”, the verb tense from present simple (“feel”) to past simple (“felt”), and adds the conjunction “how” to introduce the question. It also keeps the word order as a statement, not a question.
• Option B. to feel about does not follow the rules of reported speech. It does not change the verb tense from present simple (“feel”) to past simple (“felt”), and it does not add a conjunction to introduce the question. It also changes the word order to an infinitive form, which is not correct for reporting questions.
• Option C . how did he feel about does not follow the rules of reported speech. It changes the pronoun “you” to “he” and adds the conjunction “how” to introduce the question, but it does not change the verb tense from present simple (“feel”) to past simple (“felt”). It also keeps the word order as a question, not a statement, which is not correct for reporting questions.
• Option D . with his feeling about does not follow the rules of reported speech. It changes the pronoun “you” to “he” and the possessive adjective “your” to “his”, but it does not change the verb tense from present simple (“feel”) to past simple (“felt”). It also does not add a conjunction to introduce the question, and it changes the word order to a prepositional phrase, which is not correct for reporting questions.