2. Rama asked me what had become of Hari.
EXERCISE 108
Put the following in Direct Speech.
1. He asked Rama to go with him.
2. Rama replied that he could not do so.
24. The lady inquired if he was now quite well again.
3. He asked his father when the next letter would come.
25. He said that he had come to see them.
4. His father replied that there might not be another that year.
26. He said that though he had come, it was against his will.
27. The speaker said that it gave him great pleasure to be there
6. I told him that I had not seen him for months.
that evening.
7. The master requested that they would attend carefully to
28. He asked them whether they would listen to such a man.
what he was saying.
29. He asked me if I would accompany him.
8. I wrote that I would visit him next day.
30. He ordered him to leave the room and forbade him to
return.
9. He observed that he had never liked doing that.
10. I told them to be quiet.
31. The mother asked her boy where he had been all the
afternoon.
11. He asked me if I had anything to say.
32. Hari asked Rama if he had read the letter.
12. Rama asked Hari if he would change places with him.
33. The King asked the philosopher whom he considered the
13. He said that he was tired, and that he wished to go to bed.
happiest man living.
14. An old mouse asked who would bell the cat.
34. The magistrate asked the prisoner what he was doing with
15. John said that he wanted to be a soldier.
his hand in the gentleman's pocket.
16. He asked me where I was going.
35. The fox cried out to the goat that a thought had just come
17. He asked me what I wanted.
into his head.
18. Abdul said that he had seen that picture.
36. He advised his sons not to quarrel amongst themselves,
when he was dead but to remain united.
19. The boy said that he would go with us.
37. The lion told the fox that he was very weak, that his teeth
20. He said that the earth moves round the sun.
had fallen out, and that he had no appetite.
21. The stranger asked Alice where she lived.
38. He replied that he had promised to reward his soldiers and
22. I asked Mary if she would lend me a pencil
that he had kept his word.
23. He told us that he had waited an hour.
in nooh care carefully nate the changes made while turning from
Answers
2. Rama asked me what had become of Hari.
EXERCISE 108
Put the following in Direct Speech.
1. He asked Rama to go with him.
2. Rama replied that he could not do so.
24. The lady inquired if he was now quite well again.
3. He asked his father when the next letter would come.
25. He said that he had come to see them.
4. His father replied that there might not be another that year.
26. He said that though he had come, it was against his will.
27. The speaker said that it gave him great pleasure to be there
6. I told him that I had not seen him for months.
that evening.
7. The master requested that they would attend carefully to
28. He asked them whether they would listen to such a man.
what he was saying.
29. He asked me if I would accompany him.
8. I wrote that I would visit him next day.
30. He ordered him to leave the room and forbade him to
return.
9. He observed that he had never liked doing that.
10. I told them to be quiet.
31. The mother asked her boy where he had been all the
afternoon.
11. He asked me if I had anything to say.
32. Hari asked Rama if he had read the letter.
12. Rama asked Hari if he would change places with him.
33. The King asked the philosopher whom he considered the
13. He said that he was tired, and that he wished to go to bed.
happiest man living.
14. An old mouse asked who would bell the cat.
34. The magistrate asked the prisoner what he was doing with
15. John said that he wanted to be a soldier.
his hand in the gentleman's pocket.
16. He asked me where I was going.
35. The fox cried out to the goat that a thought had just come
17. He asked me what I wanted.
into his head.
18. Abdul said that he had seen that picture.
36. He advised his sons not to quarrel amongst themselves,
when he was dead but to remain united.
19. The boy said that he would go with us.
37. The lion told the fox that he was very weak, that his teeth
20. He said that the earth moves round the sun.
had fallen out, and that he had no appetite.
21. The stranger asked Alice where she lived.
38. He replied that he had promised to reward his soldiers and
22. I asked Mary if she would lend me a pencil
that he had kept his word.
23. He told us that he had waited an hour.
in nooh care carefully nate the changes made while turning from