PPSC English MCQs

'Shall I' seeking guidance is often reported with 'should.'
The yes-no question uses 'whether' and statement word order.

A comma separates the reporting clause from the quotation.
The final period is placed inside the closing quotation mark in this style.

The zero conditional expresses a general scientific result.
Both clauses normally use the simple present.

The first conditional describes a realistic future possibility.
The result clause uses 'will' plus the base verb.

The second conditional describes an unreal or unlikely present situation.
Its result clause uses 'would' plus the base verb.

An imperative command is reported with a suitable reporting verb plus object and to-infinitive.
Pronouns change according to speaker and listener.

A polite imperative is commonly reported with 'requested' or 'asked' plus a to-infinitive.
The word 'please' is absorbed into the reporting verb.

A negative command is reported with 'not to' plus the base verb.
'Warned' accurately conveys the cautionary force.

An exclamation is reported with 'exclaimed' and a statement clause.
The emotional intensifier is expressed through 'very.'

The present perfect passive question uses 'have + subject + been + past participle.'
The indefinite agent 'anyone' does not need to be retained.

'Slept' is intransitive and has no direct object to become a passive subject.
Only transitive constructions normally form the passive.

The pronoun changes to match Ali, and the present tense backshifts after a past reporting verb.
'Am' therefore becomes 'was.'