A) Identify the sentences that are in Direct Speech in the following.
Example
"Where have you been?" he said.
He asked me where I had been.
Answer- "Where have you been?" he said. (Direct Speech) 1. Rita said, "I have a very bad headache today!"
2. I said that I was going to Dubai on a business trip in the coming week.
3. "You should call your parents at least once a week," she told me.
4. He asked if Alisha would be in office the next day.
5. Shivani told me that her parents were out of town.
6. She asked him, "Is everything alright?"
7. The manager asked me, "When can you send me the report?"
8. The librarian told the visitors to turn off the cell phones.
9. The signboard says that the children must be accompanied by an adult all the times.
10. "It rained here last night," Simran told us.
Answers
Answer:
1, 3, 6, 7, 10
Explanation:
Whichever sentence conveys the message directly using quotation marks is direct speech
The sentences and their conversions along with the direct speeches have been identified.
1. Direct speech: Rita said, "I have a very bad headache today!"
Rita said that she had a very bad headache today.
2. I said that I was going to Dubai on a business trip in the coming week.
Direct speech: I said, "I am going to Dubai on a business trip next week."
3. Direct speech: "You should call your parents at least once a week," she told me.
She told me that I should call my parents at least once a week.
4. He asked if Alisha would be in the office the next day.
Direct speech: He said, "Will Alisha be in the office tomorrow?"
5. Shivani told me that her parents were out of town.
Direct speech: Shivani told me, "My parents are out of town."
6. Direct speech: She asked him, "Is everything alright?"
She asked him if everything was alright.
7. Direct speech: The manager asked me, "When can you send me the report?"
The manager asked me when I could send the report.
8. The librarian told the visitors to turn off their cell phones.
Direct speech: The librarian said to the visitors, "Turn off your cellphones."
9. The signboard says that the children must be accompanied by an adult all the time.
Direct speech: The signboard says, "The children must always be accompanied by an adult at all times"
10. Direct speech: "It rained here last night," Simran told us.
Simran told us that it had rained there last night.