Question

3. Read the conversation given below and complete the passage that follows: (3)
Mahesh: Can you come to my house today?
Sathish: Sorry, Mahesh, I can’t make it today.
Mahesh: Do you have any other program for the day?
Sathish: No, actually my dad is coming from America today and I need to go to the airport to pick him up.
Mahesh asked Sathish (a) …………….. Sathish replied (b) …………….. Mahesh asked him whether he had any other program for that that day. Sathish replied (c) ……………..​

Answer 1

The passage will be completed as follows:

(a) if he could come to his house that day.

(b) that he couldn't make it that day.

(c) that his dad was coming from America that day and he needed to go to the airport to pick him up.

What is direct and indirect speech?

• In the field of English grammar, such a speech in which the exact words of the speaker are used to represent what the speaker said is the direct speech.
• On the other hand, when we use our own words to describe what someone said then such a speech style is referred to as indirect speech.
• We use quotation marks in direct speech whereas in indirect speech, the usage of quotation marks is no required.
• The conversation that is already provided above is in direct speech whereas the conversation that we complete is in indirect speech.

To learn more about direct and indirect speech,

CHANGE THE SPEECH FROM DIRECT TO INDIRECT SPEECH:

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Change this direct speech into reported speech

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Answer 2

1. If he could come to his house that day

2. that he couldn't make it that day

3. that his dad was coming from America that day and he needed to go to the airport to pick him up

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