Question

4. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech using the reporting verbs given in brackets.
a) Anisha asked, "Shall I call your parents?" (offer)
b) Tushar said, "Jayita please go home early." (advise)
c) Hiran said, "I'll go to Mumbai on holiday." (decide)
d) Akshita said, "I'll give you the blue dress tomorrow." (promise)
e) Mr. Bose said, "Get out my apartment!" (order)
f) Pritha said, "Why don't you get a mechanic to look at the refrigerator?" (suggest)​

Answer 1

Anisha offered,"shall I call your parents?"

Tushar advised,"Jayita please go home early."

Answer 2

Required Answer:

a. Anisha asked, 'Shall I call your parents?" (offer)

Ans: Anisha offered to call my parents.

b. Tushar said, "Jayita please go home early." (advise)

Ans: Tushar advised Jayita to go home early.

c. Hiran said, "I'll go to Mumbai on holiday." (decide)

Ans: Hitan decided to go Mumbai on holiday.

d. Akshita said, "I'll give you the blue dress tomorrow." (promise)

Ans: Akshita promised to give him the blue dress the next day.

e. Mr. Bose said, "Get out of my apartment!" (order)

Ans: Mr. Bose ordered to get out of his apartment.

f. Pritha said, "Why don't you get a mechanic to look at the refrigerator?" (suggest)​

Ans: Pritha suggested to get a mechanic to look at the refrigerator.

Direct Speech:

• Words of the speaker are repeated by another person accurately.
• The sentence are in inverted comma.
• There is a comma.

Indirect Speech:

• Words of the speaker are repeated by another person not accurately.
• The sentence are not in inverted comma.
• There is no comma.