Question

change the mode of narration:1)she said I am going to buy vegetables.2)you said to me do you know english.3)mother said don't play with fire.4)the boy said the inspector will visit our school tomorrow​

Answer 1

ANSWER :

• (1) She said, "I am going to buy vegetables."

✠ Indirect Narration :- She said that she was going to buy vegetables.

• (2) You said to me, "Do you know English ?"

✠ Indirect Narration :- You asked me whether I knew English.

• (3) Mother said, "Don't play with fire."

✠ Indirect Narration :- Mother forbade to play with fire.

Or,

✠ Indirect Narration :- Mother advised not to play with fire.

• (4) The boy said, "The inspector will visit our school tomorrow."

✠ Indirect Narration :- The boy said that the inspector would visit their school the following day.

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KNOW MORE :

❒ Types of Narration :-

• ➬ Direct Narration

• ➬ Indirect Narration

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❒ Direct Narration :-

• ➬ In Direct Narration, the words of the speaker is expressed in the same way that it is said by the speaker i.e, with speech marks and using exactly the same words.

• ➬ The words of the speaker are kept within Inverted Comma (" ") in Direct Narration and there we need ti use Comma (,) between the Reporting Verb and Direct Narration.

• ➬ The verb that introduce the Direct Narration is called Reporting Verb.

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❒ Indirect Narration :-

• ➬ In Indirect Narration, the words of the speaker is expressed without speech marks and without necessarily using exactly the same words, keeping the meaning same.

• ➬ Unlike Direct Narration, there is the need of using "that" or any necessary conjunction instead of the the Comma (,) in Indirect Narration.

• ➬ There is also needed some grammatical changes while changing the speech from Direct Narration to Indirect Narration.

Answer 2

❒ Required AnsweRs :

1. She said that she was going to buy vegetables.
2. You asked me whether I knew English.
3. Mother advised not to play with fire.
4. The boy said that the inspector would visit their school the following day.

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❍ How verbs change in reported speech?

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There are two ways of reporting what someone has spoken:

a) When the exact words spoken by a person are used , it is called direct speech.

b) When the words spoken by a person are put in our own words , it is called indirect speech.

For example:

Suppose your friend told you that you have a good handwriting. You want to convey this to your parents.You can do it in either of these two ways :

• My friend said to me, "You have a good handwriting. (Direct speech)
• My friend told me that I had a good handwriting.(indirect speech)

Related information:

• The exact words of the speaker, written within Quotation marks or Inverted commas (“ ”) is called Reported speech.
• The verb that introduces the Reported speech is called a Reporting verb