Change each sentence to indirect form of speech :
1) My friends said to me, “Farewell, Mohan!”
2) We said to the teacher, “Good morning, sir!”
3) Pritam said, “How late I have been!”
4) She said, “Alas! my son is no more.”
5) “You fool! why have you disturbed me at such a late hour?” said the master to his servant.
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★ Narration :
1) My friends said to me, "Farewell, Mohan!"
➟ My friends bade me farewell.
2) We said to the teacher, "Good morning, sir!"
➟ We wished the teacher good morning.
3) Pritam said, "How late I have been!"
➟ Pritam regretted that he had been very late.
4) She said, "Alas! my son is no more."
➟ She exclaimed in sorrow that her son was no more.
5) "You fool! why have you disturbed me at such late hour?" said the master to his servant.
➟ The master disapproved his servant's act exclaiming why he had disturbed him for such a late a hour.
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★ Additional information :
⭑ Direct speech :
- Direct speech may be a report for the precise word used by a speaker or writer.
- These exact words of speaker are enclosed in inverted commas.
⭑ Indirect speech :
- Indirect speech may be a report on what somebody else said or wrote without using that person's exact words.
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