Q1. [1]
Report the dialogue between the residents' and the city planner, by completing the sentence :
City planner : "The new park is a result of several months of research and planning."
Residents : "We don't know who is more excited – we or our children!"
The city planner said that the new park ________ of several months of research and planning. The residents expressed their excitement, stating that they were unsure who was more excited – they or their children.
Previously asked in CBSE board exam
2025 2/6/1 Q3 (ix)
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Model Answer
The city planner said that the new park was the result of several months of research and planning.
Explanation
The key change here is tense backshift: the present tense verb "is" shifts to past tense "was" in reported speech, as the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense. "A result" may also be rephrased as "the result" for natural reported speech. This is a standard indirect speech conversion tested in CBSE board exams.
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