Question

5. He is poor__ honest.
E. Change the following into indirect speech:-
1. He said, "Aruna seems worried".
2. "Wash the dishes", she said to Rekha.
3. "Don't talk loudly", I said to them.
4. "What are you doing?", I said to him.
5. "Can you drive?", I asked her.​

Answer 1

Fill in the blank with correct preposition:

• He is poor but honest.

➛ A preposition is a word which is placed before a noun or pronoun to show it's relation with noun or pronoun or with other part of the sentence.

But:

• It is used to contrast with the thing which is already mentioned. Here, it is contrasting that the person is poor yet he is honest.

Change the following into indirect speech:

• He said that Aruna seemed worried.

• She ordered Rekha to wash the dishes.

• I forbade them to talk loudly.

• I asked him what he was doing.

• I asked her if she could drive.

Golden Rules:

• By changing a sentence from direct speech to indirect: The tense of the verb in simple present is changed into simple past and simple past is changed into past perfect.

• In reporting a question in the indirect speech: The introductory verb is changed to asked, inquired, etc according to the question.

• In reporting a command or request the introductory verb is changed into request, beg, advise, command, etc.

• Change first and second person in direct speech to third person in indirect.

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