4 Change the narration:
(1) He said, 'Life is not empty dream.
(ii) He said to me, 'Go away from here."
(iii) The peon said to me, “Sir, may i go downstairs and have a
talk with my sister?'
(iv)She said to him, 'What a big lie it is!"
(v) He said, 'Would that I were the owner of this factory!'
4 Change the narration:
i) The teacher said, “Ahmed, stop talking”.
ii) I said to her, "Can you help me with the assignment?”
iii) They said, "What a hot day'
iv) They said, 'I will not come tomorrow as I am not feeling
well."
v) she said to me, 'When will you return my book?'
4 Change the narration:
i) Will you water the plants, please?' She said.
ii) 'Stop talking', the teacher said to the students.
iii) 'Stay in bed for few days', the doctor said to me.
iv) The Leader said, 'Alas! I have lost the election.'
v) Grandfather said, 'Time is great Healer'.
xv)Change the following into indirect speech:
She said, 'My father died a year ago'.
The officer said to him, 'How old are you?'
He said, 'Old is gold'.
Answers
1. He said that life was not empty dream.
2. He told me to go away from there.
3. The peon asked me if he might go downstairs and have a talk with his sister.
4. She exclaimed to him in anger that it was a very big lie.
5. He wished strongly to be the owner of that factory.
1. The teacher ordered Ahmed to stop talking.
2. I asked her if she could help me with the assignment.
3. They exclaimed that it was a very hot day.
4. They said that they would come the next day as they were not feeling well.
5. She asked me when I would return her book.
1. She asked me politely if I would water the plants.
2. The teacher shouted at the students to stop talking.
3. The doctor advised me to stay in bed for a few days.
4. The leader exclaimed in sorrow that he had lost the election.
5. Grandfather said that Time is a great healer.
XV
1. She said that her father had died a year before.
2. The officer asked him how old he was.
He said that old is gold.
Answer:
she said. "would that i were the owner of this factory"