Change the following into Reported Speech: 1. You said, “It may rain.” 2. The doctor said to Meena, “The change of climate will benefit you.” 3. You said to me, “I am the youngest child in my family.” 4. I said to my brother, “You are very kind to me.” 5. She said to me, “I am helping you.” 6. You said, “He is a fine singer.” 7. He said to her, “You are your own counsel.” 8. I said to him, “You may take my car.” 9. He said to me, “I want your help.” 10. She said to him, “I don’t believe you.” 11. The teacher said, “Boys, I shall not teach you tomorrow.” 12. He said to his wife, “I shall do whatever you like.” 13. He said to me, “I hope to see you tomorrow.” 14. They said to us, “Your problem is not as great as ours.” 15. Ramesh said, “The bell has gone.” 16. My friend said, “I will see you tomorrow.” 17. Rohit said to me, “I met Amit last year.” 18. She said, “Meenu is dancing.” 19. She said, “It is very hot today.” 20. He said, “I am a student.” 21. You said, “I do my duty honestly.” 22. The Principal said, “I want these boys to come to me today in my office.” 23. He said, “This matter will be decided here and now.” 24. I said, “You can go now.” 25. She said, “Man is mortal.” 26. Mother said, “God is present everywhere.” 27. He said, “India has won the match.”28. She said to her brother, “I am doing my work.” 29. He said, “All your faults will be pardoned if you confess now.” 30. He said to her, “I cannot stay here any longer.” Interrogative Sentences Change the following into Reported Speech: 1. Krish said, “When will you come back Radha?” 2. The boy said, “Is this not the place we came before?” 3. She said to me, “Can you lend me your book?” 4. She said, “Where did you find it, Nikhil?” 5. Mr. James said, “Is Mr. Paul at home?” 6. The stranger said to me, “Why don’t you help me now?” 7. “Will you not help me to solve this sum?” said Aryan to his friend. 8. He said to me, “Will you accompany me to the market?” 9. I said, “Who are you, what is your name and how old are you?” 10. “Do you want a pen or a pencil?” the shopkeeper asked Mike. 11. The teacher said, “Samar, what are you doing?” 12. He said to me, “Why are you late today?” 13. The father said to his son, “Are you going to keep me waiting all night?” 14. “What is the matter with you today?” said the businessman to his partner. 15. He said to her, “May I use your telephone?” 16. She said to her brother, “Have you sent a parcel to my friend?” 17. I said to my mother, “Where have you kept my watch?” 18. I said to the doctor, “Is the patient out of danger?” 19. “Did you sleep well last night?” said my hostess. 20. “How did the accident happen?” the doctor asked.
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• Interrogative Sentences :
1. Krish said, “When will you come back Radha?”
⇒ Krish asked Radha when she would come back.
2. The boy said, “Is this not the place we came before?”
⇒ The boy asked if that was not the place they had gone before.
3. She said to me, “Can you lend me your book?”
⇒ She asked me if I could lend her my book.
4. She said, “Where did you find it, Nikhil?”
⇒ She asked Nikhil where he found that.
5. Mr. James said, “Is Mr. Paul at home?”
⇒ Mr. James inquired of if Mr. Paul was at home.
6. The stranger said to me, “Why don’t you help me now?”
⇒ The stranger asked me why I didn't help him then.
7. “Will you not help me to solve this sum?” said Aryan to his friend.
⇒ Aryan asked his friend if he would not help him to solve that sum.
8. He said to me, “Will you accompany me to the market?”
⇒ He asked me if I would accompany him to the market.
9. I said, “Who are you, what is your name and how old are you?”
⇒ I asked him who he was, what his name was and how old he was.
10. “Do you want a pen or a pencil?” the shopkeeper asked Mike.
⇒ The shopkeeper asked Mike if he wanted a pen or apencil.
11. The teacher said, “Samar, what are you doing?”
⇒ The teacher asked Samar what he was doing.
12. He said to me, “Why are you late today?”
⇒ He asked me why I was late that day.
13. The father said to his son, “Are you going to keep me waiting all night?”
⇒ The father asked his son if he was going to keep him waiting all night.
14. “What is the matter with you today?” said the businessman to his partner.
⇒ The businessman asked his partner what the matter was with him that day.
15. He said to her, “May I use your telephone?”
⇒ He asked her if he might use her telephone.
16. She said to her brother, “Have you sent a parcel to my friend?”
⇒ She asked her brother if she had sent the parcel to her friend.
17. I said to my mother, “Where have you kept my watch?”
⇒ I asked my mother where she kept my watch.
18. I said to the doctor, “Is the patient out of danger?”
⇒ I asked my doctor if the patient was out of danger.
19. “Did you sleep well last night?” said my hostess.
⇒ My hostess asked if I slept well the previous night.
20. “How did the accident happen?” the doctor asked.
⇒ The doctor asked how the accident had happened.
NARRATION :
1. You said, “ It may rain”.
➡️ You said that it might rain.
2. The doctor said to Meena ,“The change of climate will benefit you. ”
➡️ The doctor advised Meena that the change of climate would benefit her.
3. You said to me, “ I am the youngest child in my family ”.
➡️ You told me that you were the youngest child in your family.
4. I said to my brother,“You are very kind to me ”.
➡️ I told my brother that he was very kind to me.
5. She said to me, “I am helping you.”
➡️ She told me that she was helping me.
6. You said, “He is a fine singer.”
➡️ You said that he was a fine singer.
7. He said to her, “You are your own counsel.”
➡️ He told her that she was her own counsel.
8. I said to him, “You may take my car.”
➡️ I told him that he might take my car.
9. He said to me, “I want your help.”
➡️ He told me that he wanted my help.
10. She said to him, “I don’t believe you.”
➡️ She told him that she didn't believe him.
11. The teacher said, “Boys, I shall not teach you tomorrow.”
➡️ The teacher told the boys that he/she should not teach them the following day.
12. He said to his wife, “I shall do whatever you like.”
➡️ He told his wife that he should do whatever she like.
13. He said to me, “I hope to see you tomorrow.”
➡️ He told me that he hoped to see me the next day.
14. They said to us, “Your problem is not as great as ours.”
➡️ They told us that our problem was not as great as theirs.
15. Ramesh said, “The bell has gone.”
➡️ Ramesh said that the bell had gone.
16. My friend said, “I will see you tomorrow.”
➡️ My friend said that he /she would see me the following day.
17. Rohit said to me, “I met Amit last year.”
➡️ Rohit told me that he had met Amit previous year.
18. She said, “Meenu is dancing.”
➡️ She said that Meenu was dancing.
19. She said, “It is very hot today.”
➡️ She said that it was very hot that day.
20.He said, “I am a student.”
➡️ He said that he was a student.
21. You said, “I do my duty honestly.”
➡️ You said that you did your duty honestly.
22. The Principal said, “I want these boys to come to me today in my office.”
➡️ The Principal said that he/she wanted those boys to come to him/her that day in his/her office.
23. He said, “This matter will be decided here and now.”
➡️ He said that that matter would be decided there and then.
24. I said, “You can go now.”
➡️ I said that you could go then.
25. She said, “Man is mortal.”
➡️ She said that man is mortal.
26. Mother said, “God is present everywhere.”
➡️ Mother said that God is present everywhere.
27. He said, “India has won the match.”
➡️ He said that India had won the match.
28. She said to her brother, “I am doing my work.”
➡️ She told her brother that she was doing her work.
29. He said, “All your faults will be pardoned if you confess now.”
➡️ He said that all my faults would be pardoned if I confessed then.
30. He said to her, “I cannot stay here any longer.”
➡️ He told her that he could not stay there any longer.
