Change the following into indirect speech. i. The student says, When I was a child I was very happy. ii. The poet sang in a sad voice, „Our stay in the world is like a traveller‟s stay at an inn (small hotel) iii. She said „I saw that movie last year‟ iv. Razia said to me, „Are you not a doctor?‟ v Sabiha said, What a fine picture it is.
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Answer:
Change the following into indirect speech.
i. The student says, When I was a child I was very happy.
The student says that when he was a child he was happy.
NOTE:
No change in tense, because of the reporting verb says.
ii. The poet said in a sad voice, „Our stay in the world is like a traveller‟s stay at small hotel)
The poet said in a sad voice that their stay in the world was like a traveller's stay at small hotel.
iii. She said „I saw that movie last year‟
She said that she had seen the movie the year before.
iv. Razia said to me, „Are you not a doctor?‟
Razia asked me whether I was not a doctor.
v Sabiha said, What a fine picture it is.
Sabiha exclaimed that what a fine picture it was.
Answer:
1) The student says that when he was a child he was very happy.
2) She said that she had seen that movie the previous year.
3) The poet sang in a sad voice that their stay in the world was like a traveller's stay at an inn.
4) Razia asked me if I was not a doctor.
5) Sabiha exclaimed with surprise that It was a fine picture.