Question

Direct and Indirect Speech Narration Exercise
EXERCISE-1
Read the dialogue given below and then complete the report that follows. Write the answers
in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers.
Anne : I want to order a big pineapple cake for my birthday.
Confectioner : When is your birthday?
Anne : It is tomorrow.
Confectioner : You can collect it by noon.

Anne told a confectioner (a)…………………….. a big birthday cake for her birthday. The
confectioner asked (b)……………………. Anne replied it was the following day. The
confectioner told her (c)……………….. by noon.
EXERCISE-2
Read the following conversation and complete the passage. Write your answers in the space
provided.
Mother : Why are you late from school, Amit?
Amit : While coming from school to bus stop, slipped by stepping on a banana peel.
Mother : O, my son! Did you hurt yourself?
Amit : I got a bad bruise on my left knee.

Mother asked Amit ………………….. Amit replied that while coming f’rom school to bus
stop……………….peel. Mother was shocked to hear this. She further asked ……………… . Amit
answered that ……………… .

Answer 1

Q1)

(a) that she wanted to order a big pineapple cake for her birthday.

(b) when her birthday was.

(c) that she could collect it by noon.

Q2)

1) why he was late from school.

2) he slipped by steeping on a banana peel.

3) whether he hurt himself.

4) he got a bad bruise on his left knee.

Hope it helps :)

Answer 2

Answer:

(a) that she wanted to order a cake

(b) when her birthday was

(c) that her birthday was day after today

(d) that she could collect it