Convert the following direct sentences to indirect speech.
1) "I know quite a lot of people here ," Robert said.
2) Mrs John said to Max , "Ronnie wasn't feeling well."
3) “Keep the change,” the rich man said to the waitress.
4) “Do you know how to operate a computer?” asked the personnel officer.
5) “I’m sorry but I can’t join you for lunch,” he told his friend.
6) “Do the exercises from pages sixty to sixty-two,” Miss Malhotra told the pupils.
7) “Return to the ship immediately!” the officer said to his men.
8) The little boy said, "Please take me to the park, Father."
Answers
★ AnswErs :-
1. Robert said that he knew quite a lot of people there.
2. Mrs John told Maz that Ronnie had not been feeling well.
3. The rich man told the waitress to keep the change.
4. The personnel officer asked if I knew how to operator a computer.
5. He told his friend that he was sorry but couldn't join him for lunch.
6. Miss Malhotra instructed the pupils to do the exercises from pages sixty to sixty-two.
7. The officer instructed his men to return to the ship immediately.
8. Addressing as father, the little boy requested to take him to the park.
★ Explore More :-
- The speaker and the reported verb remain unchanged.
- The comma and the quote after the reporting verb are replaced by that.
- If reporting verb is in past tense, the tense of the reported verb is changed into the corresponding past form.
- If the reporting verb and reported verb are both in past tense the reported verb jumps over a tense. The simple past tense is changed into past perfect and the past continuous into past perfect continuous.
- While converting a command the reporting verb is changed into request, beg, order, command according to the sense. The verb of the reported speech takes infinitive form.
Answer:
★ Required Conversation :-
\red{ \sf{Trisha:-}}Trisha:− Hello! With whom am I talking to ?
\red{ \sf{Shreya:-}}Shreya:− Hello Trisha! Shreya here.
\red{ \sf{Trisha:-}}Trisha:− Oh yeah Shreya! What's up ?
\red{ \sf{Shreya:-}}Shreya:− Actually I call you for informing about the upcoming semester.
\red{ \sf{Trisha:-}}Trisha:− Ohh! Examination is there and I couldn't attend classes for past few days.
\red{ \sf{Shreya:-}}Shreya:− Yeah! I know you were suffering from Typhoid. Hope you are fine now.
\red{ \sf{Trisha:-}}Trisha:− I'm getting well soon. Doctor has prescribed to take rest for 2 days.
\red{ \sf{Shreya:-}}Shreya:− I wish for your speedy recovery. By the way let me come to the point.
\red{ \sf{Trisha:-}}Trisha:− Yeah! When is the exam going to be held ?
\red{ \sf{Shreya:-}}Shreya:− It's going to start from next week. The time of the exams has been announced today. It would be held from 9 am to 11 am per day. Maths, Physics, Chemistry is there respectively.
\red{ \sf{Trisha:-}}Trisha:− I have to prepare myself as soon as possible. I'm already too late. However, what's about your preparation ?
\red{ \sf{Shreya:-}}Shreya:− It's alright. Just have some more preparation to do in Maths. You don't worry. You will rock in the exams as usual.
\red{ \sf{Trisha:-}}Trisha:− All the very best for your exams Shreya. I will try my best to cover the syllabus within time.
\red{ \sf{Shreya:-}}Shreya:− Thanks Trisha. Wishing you all the best and get well soon.
\red{ \sf{Trisha:-}}Trisha:− Okay bye now. And thanks again for informing.
\red{ \sf{Shreya:-}}Shreya:− No mention and yeah talking later.