Question

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] Change the narration of these sentences from direct to indirect or vice versa:
(1) The crew said to the villagers, "Please stand at a distance of fifty feet".
2) The officer said to his soldiers, "Surround the enemy camp within an hour".
3) She requested Ramesh to switch off the fan.
4) She asked her mother to give her a glass of pineapple juice that night.​

Answer 1

Answer:

• The crew requested the villages to stand at a distance of fifty feet.

• The officer commanded his soldiers to surround the enemy camp within an hour.

Explanation:

• The given sentences in direct speech are imperative sentences, so while reporting and imperative sentence, the reported verb "said to" is changed into a verb which expresses some command, proposal, request or prohibition.
• We use infinitive ( "to" ) or should in indirect speech when the sentence is imperative in direct speech.

Answer:

• She said to Ramesh,"Please switch off the fan."

• She said to her mother,"Can you please give me a glass of pineapple juice this night?"

Explanation:

• The sentences in the question is in indirect speech and we have to write into direct speech, that is the exact words which are spoken by the speaker.
• So while changing it into direct speech, pronoun in the third and second person becomes in the pronoun in a first person. For example: Here 'her' in second sentence is change into 'me' while reporting a speech.
• It is imperative sentence, so we will use a verb expressing request that is 'please' while reporting a speech.
• Some other mandatory changes can be observed.

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