change into indirect narration
she said," Ramesh sang and Anthony danced in the function."
A she said that Ramesh had sung and Anthony had danced in the function.
B she said Ramesh Sing and Anthony danced in the function
C she said that Ramesh had sang and Anthony had danced in the function.
Answers
(A) She said that Ramesh had sung and Anthony had danced in the function.
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Explanation:
He said, “I can do the work.
He said that he could do the work.
He said, .”I shall do it.” .
He said that he would do it.
He said, “I shall have done it.”
He said that he would have done it.
☞3. If the reporting verb is in the past tense, and the verb of the reported speech is in the past indefinite tense, it (the verb in the reported speech) is changed into the past perfect tense.
Direct : Urmi said, “I went to school.
Indirect : Urmi said that she had gone to school.
Direct : He said, “I wrote the book.”
Indirect ‘ : He said that he had written the book.
Direct : ‘Kabir said to me, “I was sick.”
Indirect : Kabir told me (said to me) that he had been sick.
☞4.If the reporting verb is in the past tense, and the verb in the reported speech is in the past continuous, it (the verb in the reported speech) is changed into the past perfect continuous tense.
Direct :_ He said, “I was reading a book.”
Indirect : He said that he had been reading a book.
Direct : Shimu said to me, “I was making a research to solve the
problem.”
Indirect : Shimu told me that she had been making a research to
solve the problem.
-Note: The use of the conjunction that between the reporting speech and the
reported speech is not a must in the indirect speech.
☞5. If the Direct Speech describes a universal truth, constant fact, habitual fact, geographical fact and quotations, the verb in the reported speech remains unchanged:
Direct : The teacher said, “The earth moves round the sun.”
Indirect : The teacher said that the earth moves round the sun.
Direct : He said, “My father reads the Holy Quran every morning.”
Indirect : He said that his father reads the Holy Quran every morning.
Direct : Keats said, “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.”
Indirect :Keats I said that a thing of beauty is a joy for ever.
☞6.The First Person of the direct speech is changed into the person the man spoken to and the third person does not have any change:
Direct : Rahman said to Mamun, “Your father will go to my office”
Indirect : Rahman told Mamun that his father would go to his office.
Direct : Salam says to you, “You did not help me.”
Indirect : Salarn tells you that you did not help him.
Direct : They said to us, “He will meet you.”
Indirect : They told us that he would meet us.
Note: If the Reporting Verb has an object, it is not good English to write, “said to him “, It is better to write told us/him etc.
☞7. If the Reported speech has two or more verbs occurring at the same time, the past tense of the verbs is not changed :
Direct : The teacher said, “Mr. Ant worked hard while Mr. Grasshopper slept.”
The teacher said that Mr. Ant worked hard while Mr. Grasshopper slept
Indirect : He said, “The children sang, danced and played.”
Direct : He said that the children sang, danced and played.
☞8. Words that express nearness are often changed into the words expressing remoteness:
Here- there
This -that
Ago -before
These -those
Hence -thence
Come -go
Hither -thither
Thus -so, in that way
Today- that day, the same day
Tomorrow- The next day, the following day
Yesterday -the previous day, the day before
Last night -the previous night, the night before
Change the following sentences into indirect speech :
1. The boy says, “My father is working abroad.”
2. Karim says, “I was right”.
3. He said to me, “I shall help you“.
4. Anwar said to them, “You were absentfrom the class yesterday”.
5. The man said to Kalam, “You have not sent me the letter”.
6. Ahmed said to his father, “I am preparing my lesson”.
7. He said to me, “I did not see the boy going“.
8. They said to me, “You have done well”.
9. The man said to the children, “Allah is kind”.
10. They said, “We came,worked and returned”.
Ans:
1.The boy says that his father is working abroad .
2. Karim says that he was right.
3. He said to me that he would help me.
4. Anwar said to them that they had been absent from the class the previous day.
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Indirect : He exclaimed in joy that I was a very funny boy.
Direct : He said, “What a fool I am“!
Indirect : He cried out with sorrow that he was a great fool.
[Note: ‘great’ is used before a noun]
Direct : He said, “What a long journey”!
Indirect : He exclaimed that it was a very long journey.
Exception —
Direct : He said, “Who knew that it would happen”!
Indirect : He said that nobody knew -that it would happen
Direct : He said, “By God! I have never done it”.
Indirect : He swore by God that he had never done it.
Direct : He said, “Had I the wings of a bird”