Change the following sentences into indirect speech
1.Sid said, “What is the matter, Torn?”
2. Sid said to Tom, “Aren’t you dying?”
3. Tom said to Sid, “You will kill me.”
4. Sid said, “I must call auntie.”
5. Tom said, “I forgive you everything, Sid.”
6. “Where are you going?” said Swami’s father.
7. “Where were you at this time,” his father said to him.
8.“Should I read even when I have no school?” said Swami.
9. “Do you want a whole day to throw out the spider?” father asked
10.They said, "This is our book."
11.He said, "I am writing a test tomorrow."
12.He said, "I will have finished this paper by tomorrow.
13.He said, "They won't sleep."
14.My mother said, "are you all right"?
15.The teacher said to Tom, "why are you making noise in the classroom? "
Answers
1.Sid asked Tom what the matter was.
2. Sid asked Tom if he was not dying.
3. Tom told Sid that he would kill him.”
4. Sid told that he must call auntie.
5. Tom told Sid that he forgave him everything.
6. Swami's father asked where he was going.
7. His father asked him where he had been at that time.
8.Swami asked if he should read even when he had no school
9.His father asked if he wanted a whole day to throw out the spider.
10.They told that that was their book.
11.He told that he was writing a test the next day.
12.He told that he would have finished that paper by the next day.
13.He told that They won't sleep.
14.My mother asked if I was you all right.
15.The teacher asked Tom why he was making noise in the classroom.
Answer:
The indirect speech of the given sentences are as follows -
- Sid asked Tom what the matter was.
- Sid asked Tom whether he was dying.
- Tom told Sid that he would kill him.
- Sid said that he must call auntie.
- Tom told Sid that he forgave him everything.
- Swami's father asked where he was going.
- His father asked him where he had been at that time.
- Swami asked whether he should read even when he had no school.
- Father asked whether he wanted a whole day to throw out the spider.
- They said that this was their book.
- He said that he was writing a test the next day.
- He said that he would have finished that paper by the next day.
- He said that they wouldn't sleep.
- My mother asked whether I was all right.
- The teacher asked Tom why he was making noise in the classroom.
Explanation:
- Reported or indirect speech is when a conversation is expressed in words other than those exact words uttered by the speaker(s).
- In the reported speech, the given verbs are changed into past tense.
- In case of interrogative sentence, we use the verb "asked".
- In case of assertive sentence, we use the verbs like "told", "said" or "replied".
- In case of imperative sentence, we use the verb like "ordered", "requested" and "advised".
- If the reporting speech is in interrogative, in reported speech it will be changed into assertive sentence.
To know more about reported speech, follow the given links-
- brainly.in/question/6975287
- brainly.in/question/1845704
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