Question

9. (a) Change any one of the following into indirect form of speech: 2
(i) She said, "I like my house".
(ii) I asked him, "Are you going ?"
(b) Combine any one of the following sentences as directed within the
prackets:
(i) Where has he gone ? Do you know?
(Complex Sentence)
(ii) A man is going to station. He is lame.
(Simple Sentence)
(c) Transform any one of the following sentences as directed within the
rackets:
(i) It is a very fine picture.
(Exclamatory)
(ii) Honesty is the best policy.
(Comparative)
(d) Correct two of the following sentences :
(i) She have done it.
(ii) If I was you I would never do that.
(iii) The news are true.
(iv) The furnitures of my class was disposed of.
(v) She is senior than me.
(vi) He is coming from the Varanasi.​

Answer 1

Answer:

she said that she like her house.

i asked him if he was going.

b)ii. A lame man is going to station.

Answer 2

Answer:

9. a) i) She said that she liked my house.

ii) I asked him if he was going.

b) i) Do you know where he has gone.

ii) A lame man is going to the station.

c) i) What a fine picture it is!

ii) Honesty is better than any other policy.

d) i) She has done it.

(ii) If I were you I would never do that.

(iii) The news is true.

(iv) The furniture of my class was disposed of.

(v) She is senior to me.

(vi) He is coming from Varanasi.​                          

Explanation:

9. a) i) She said that she liked my house. (Reporting the words of the speaker.)

ii) I asked him if he was going. (Reported or indirect speech)

b) i) Do you know where he has gone. (Sentence transformed into a complex sentence)

ii) A lame man is going to the station. (Converted to a simple sentence with a subject (lame man) and a predicate)

c) i) What a fine picture it is! (Exclamatory sentence with an exclamation mark)

ii) Honesty is better than any other policy. (Comparative degree of an adjective used to compare the differences of quality between two objects or nouns that they modify using ‘than’ and to indicate a change made

d)  i) It indicates a proper subject-verb agreement, "she" is a third-person singular form hence the verb "has")

(ii) Indicating a subjunctive mood adapted while speaking about something imaginary or that is not true.

(iii) news denotes a singular noun, hence the verb "is"

(iv) Furniture always holds a singular verb, hence the verb was

(v) It indicates a statement, no comparison.

(vi) Since Varanasi refers to a proper noun, it needs no article (The) before it.

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