The boy said, “Who dare call you a thief!” A. The boy shouted who dared call him a thief. B. The boy asked who called him a thief. C. The boy told that who dared call him a thief. D. The boy wondered who dared call a thief.
Answer. A
In reported speech, “you” becomes “him, her”/ “is, am, are” becomes “was, were”/ “have, has” becomes “had” and exclamation marks become “ordered or shouted”. “Please” becomes “pleaded, requested”.
She exclaimed with sorrow that was a very miserable plight. A. She said with sorrow, “What a pity it is.” B. She said, “What a mystery it is.” C. She said, “What a miserable sight it is.” D. She said, “What a miserable plight it is.”
Answer. D
In reported speech, “you” becomes “him, her”/ “is, am, are” becomes “was, were”/ “have, has” becomes “had” and exclamation marks become “ordered or shouted”. “Please” becomes “pleaded, requested”.
Charan said that he was sick and tired of working for that company. A. Charan said, “I am sick and tired of working for this company.” B. Charan said, “He was tired of that company.” C. Charan said to me, “I am sick and tired of working for this company.” D. Charan said, “I will be tired of working for that company.”
Answer. A
When converting statements from reported speech to direct speech, “was, were” becomes “am, is, are”/ “him, her” becomes “you”/”had” becomes “has, have”/words like “ordered, sternly spoke, shouted” becomes exclamation mark. Words like “pleaded, requested” become “please, kindly”.
“Are you alone, my son?” asked a soft voice close behind me. A. A soft voice asked that what I was doing there alone. B. A soft voice said to me are you alone son. C. A soft voice from my back asked If I was alone. D. A soft voice behind me asked If I was alone.
Answer. D
In reported speech, “you” becomes “him, her”/ “is, am, are” becomes “was, were”/ “have, has” becomes “had” and exclamation marks become “ordered or shouted”. “Please” becomes “pleaded, requested”.
She said to him, “Why don’t you go today?” A. She asked him why he did not go that day. B. She said to him why he don’t go that day. C. She asked him not to go that day. D. She asked him why he did not go today.
Answer. A
In reported speech, “you” becomes “him, her”/ “is, am, are” becomes “was, were”/ “have, has” becomes “had” and exclamation marks become “ordered or shouted”. “Please” becomes “pleaded, requested”.
Directions: Out of the given options, choose the one which is the correct indirect speech of the sentence given below. The boy said to the fruitseller, “Are all these mangoes sweet?” A. The boy asked the fruitseller if all these mangoes are sweet. B. The boy asked the fruitseller if all these mangoes were sweet. C. The boy asked the fruitseller if all those mangoes were sweet. D. The boy asked the fruitseller if all those mangoes had been sweet.
Option: C
The correct answer is ‘The boy asked the fruitseller if all those mangoes were sweet.’
The given sentence is a direct speech.
The basic rules for changing or converting direct speech into indirect speech:
The commas, inverted commas are removed, and the question mark (?) is converted into a full stop
The reporting verb “said to” becomes “asked”, and ‘these’ become ‘those’
The present simple tense format ‘Subject + VI (are) + Object’ will be changed into the past simple tense format ‘Subject + V2 (were) + Object’
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. The counter clerk asked the visitor, “What is your name?” A. The counter clerk asks the visitor your name. B. The counter clerk has asked the visitor his name. C. The counter clerk is asking the visitor your name. D. The counter clerk asked the visitor his name.
Option: D i.e., ‘The counter clerk asked the visitor his name.’
The given sentence is an interrogative sentence.
While changing the narration of an interrogative sentence, we need to follow these steps –
The reporting verb asked remains unchanged.
The second person ‘your’ will be changed into his.
The tense of the given sentence is past tense (asked) which remains unchanged.
Eventually, we will get the final sentence- The counter clerk asked the visitor his name.
Change the given sentence into indirect speech. AbhiRama said, “l am not well.” A. AbhiRama said that I am well. B. AbhiRama said that he is not well. C. AbhiRama said that he was not well. D. AbhiRama said that he should be well. E. AbhiRama said that he can be well.
Option: B ‘AbhiRama said that he was not well.”
The given sentence is in ‘Direct Speech’. As per the question we have to change it to ‘Indirect speech’.
•The process of conversion is as follows:
Here, “said” will not change because reporting verb does not have any ‘object’.
The conjunction ‘that’ will be added.
‘l’ will be changed into ‘he’ because the first person pronoun is changed according to the subject of the reporting verb.
‘Am’ will be changed into •was’.
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. The coach said to the players, “Practice hard and be on time for the game tomorrow.” A. The coach demanded the players to practice hard and be on time for the game tomorrow. B. The coach ordered the players to practice hard and be on time for the game the next day. C. The coach told the players to practice hard and be on time for the game the following day. D. The coach instructed the players to practice hard and be on time for the game tomorrow.
Option : B i.e. ‘The coach ordered the players to practice hard and
be on time for the game the next day.’
The given sentence is an imperative sentence in Direct Speech. As per the given directions, we have to change it into Indirect Speech.
The process of transformation is as follows:
The conjunction ‘to’ will be added and comma and inverted commas will be removed.
In the Indirect speech ‘said to’ will be changed into ‘ordered’ because the coach is giving an instruction to the players.
The indirect speech will begin like ‘The coach ordered the players to.’
Now we have to change the reported speech.
The imperative sentence will be changed into an assertive sentence.
According to the rules of gRamamar, after ‘to’ we have to use VI.’
Here, ‘tomorrow’ will be changed into ‘the next day.’
Finally, the indirect speech is ‘The coach ordered the players to practice hard and be on time for the game the next day.’
The doctor said to Mohan, “Do not take off your bandages from surgery before a week.” A. The doctor asked Mohan not to take off your bandages from surgery before a week. B. The doctor said to Mohan not to take off his bandages from surgery before a week. C. The doctor forbade Mohan not to take off his bandages from surgery before a week. D. The doctor advised Mohan not to take off his bandages from surgery before a week.
Option D: ‘The doctor advised Mohan not to take off his bandages from surgery before a week.’
While changing the narration of an imperative sentence, we need to follow the given steps-
Change ‘said to’ into ordered/forbade/suggested/advised etc.
Replace comma (,) and inverted commas (” “) with the conjunction ‘to’.
‘To’ is followed by the base form of the verb.
Possessive adjective (your) is changed into his, i.e., according to the object of the reporting verb.
