2. Read the dialogue given below an report it by filling in the blanks
Traffic police: You are going too fast. You have exceeded the speed limit.
Raena: I am late for my work. Please let me go this time.
Traffic Police: Don’t worry. You have to report at the Police Station only
tomorrow.
The Traffic Police stopped Raena and told her that she was going very fast and that
she (a) ………………………………………………Raena pleaded with the
policemen and said that (b) …………………………………………………the
traffic Police asked her not to worry and said that (c)
………………………………………………………… .
Answers
Answer:
Indirect Speech
Traffic police stopped Raena and told her that she was going very fast and that she(a)_had exceeded_the speed limit.____Raena pleaded with the policemen and said that (b)_she was sorry. She also pleaded that she should be allowed to go for that particular time. The Police asked her not to worry and said that (c) she would have to report at the Police Station only on the following day .
Explanation:
A dialogue or conversation is written in the Direct Speech.
Direct speech is very different from Indirect speech or reported speech.
In Indirect speech the reporting verb changes according to the punctuation marks used and the tense aspect changes accordingly.
If the reporting verb is in the past tense the speech reported is also in the past tense.
Also signifiers of the direct speech are changed in the indirect speech. For example, the word 'this' in the direct speech changes into 'that' in the indirect speech.
The time specifier ' tomorrow' changes into 'the following day'.
Hence in reported speech the given passage is totally reported in the past tense.
Answer:
exceeded the speed l
she have to report at the Police Station only