Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech.
1. The shopkeeper said to the lady, “When did you buy this mixer from my shop?”
2. Haresh said to Heer, “When do you get up in the morning?”
3. The doctor said to the patient, “How are you now?”
4. Yogesh said to Kalpana, “Who took your book yesterday?”
5. Mother said to her daughter, “Why has your brother not come to school today?"
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Answer:
1. The shopkeeper asked the lady when she had bought that mixer from his shop.
2. Haresh asked Heer when she got up in the morning.
3. The doctor asked the patient how he was now.
4. Yogesh asked Kalpana who had taken her book the previous day.
5. Mother asked her daughter why her brother had not came to school that day.
More:
Direct Speech:
Direct speech is used when the words spoken or written down are the actual words spoken by the same person.
Indirect Speech:
Indirect or reported speech is used when a person reports direct speech that is he reports orally or writes down the words in an appropriate tense and refers to the original speakers or rights in the third person making other necessary changes.
Changes need to made:-
Here - There
Now - Then
Ago - Before
Last night - The previous night
Today - That day
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Narration:
1. The shopkeeper said to the lady, “When did you buy this mixer from my shop?”
➟ The shopkeeper asked the lady when she had bought that mixer from his shop.
2. Haresh said to Heer, “When do you get up in the morning?”
➟ Haresh asked Heer when she got up in the morning.
3. The doctor said to the patient, “How are you now?”
➟ The doctor asked the patient how he was now.
4. Yogesh said to Kalpana, “Who took your book yesterday?”
➟ Yogesh asked Kalpana who had taken her book the previous day.
5. Mother said to her daughter, “Why has your brother not come to school today?"
➟ Mother asked her daughter why her brother had not came to school that day.
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★ Additional Information: -
⋆ Direct speech -
- Direct speech may be a report of the precise words 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.