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direct and indirect speech(worksheet) class 8​

Answer 1

Question 1:

Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.

1. John said, ‘I love this city.’
2. “Be nice to others”, Priya said.
3. “Don’t waste your money” he said to the boys.
4. She said, “everyone loves her.”
5. She said, “He works in a bank.”
6. Seema said, ‘I don’t have a laptop.”
7. Kanika said, “I don’t go to the gym very often.”
8. “We don’t travel much”, she said.
9. He said, “we like working in London.”
10. She said, “she never gets up early on Sunday.”

Answer:

1. John said that he loved that city.
2. Priya told me to be nice to others.
3. He advised the boys not to waste their money.
4. She said that everyone loved her.
5. She said he worked in a bank.
6. Seema said that she didn’t have a laptop.
7. Kanika said that she didn’t go to the gym very often.
8. She said that they didn’t travel much.
9. He said that they liked working in London.
10. She said that she never got up early on Sundays.

Question 2:

Change the following into indirect speech.

1. I said to Prerana, “How do you travel to office everyday?” .
2. Shivam said to his mother, “Where does the rain come from?”
3. “Do you know the way to the paradise?”A crazy man asked me.
4. Maria said to her daughter, “At what time will you come back?”
5. The man said to the mechanic, “By what time will you have fixed the tyre of my bike?”
6. Varun says to Tarun, “Where did you go yesterday?”
7. “Is there anything special in it?” She asked.
8. “Hark! I can smell something here” said Mr Naik to his colleagues.
9. “Alas! we have lost the game.” said Shishir to his friend.
10. “How intelligent you are!” Manjiri said to her grandfather.

Answer:

1. I asked Prerana how she travel to office everyday.
2. Shivam asked his mother where the rain comes from.
3. A crazy man asked me whether I knew the way to Paradise.
4. Maria asked her daughter at what time she would come back.
5. The man asked the mechanic by what time he would have fixed the type of his bike.
6. Varun asks Tarun where he went yesterday.
7. She asked whether there was anything special in it.
8. Mr Naik exclaimed with fear and said to his colleagues that he could smell something there.
9. Shishir exclaimed with sorrow and told his friend that they have lost the game.
10. Manjiri told her grandfather that he was very intelligent.

Question 3:

Rewrite the sentences into direct speech from indirect speech.

1. Miara said that she wrote a letter.
2. Kiran said that she was going to the temple.
3. The teacher said that the Sun rises in the East.
4. He said that he had been reading a novel.
5. Nelson said that he had been playing badminton.
6. He ordered her to be careful.
7. Raman exclaimed joyfully that she was very beautiful.
8. He asked where she was going.
9. He said that he didn’t know the way and asked her if she did.
10. The Science teacher told the class that ice floats on water.

Answer:

1. Miara said, “I write a letter.”
2. Kiran said, “I am going to the temple.”
3. The teacher said, “The Sun rises in the East.”
4. He said, “I have been reading a novel.”
5. Nelson said, “I have been playing badminton.”
6. “Be careful”, he said to her.
7. “How beautiful she is!” said Raman.
8. He said, “Where is she going?”
9. “I don’t know the way. Do you?” he asked.
10. The science teacher told the class, “Ice floats on water.”

Question 04:

Supply the most suitable and appropriate word to fill in the blanks with the help of rules of reported speech.

1. Miara said, “I write a letter.”
2. Miara told that she…….. a letter.
3. Kiran said, “I am going to the temple.”
4. Kiran told that……………. was going to the temple.
5. The teacher said, “The Sun rises in the East.”
6. The teacher told that the Sun…………… in the East.
7. He said, “Have I been reading books?
8. He asked if he……… been reading books.
9. Nelson said, “Did you notice it?
10. Nelson asked………. Did you noticed it.
11. He said to her, “Be careful.”
12. He told her…….. be careful.
13. Raman said, “How beautiful she is!”
14. Raman exclaimed with joy that she……. beautiful.
15. He said, “Where is she going?
16. He asked………. she was going.
17. He said, “I do not know the way.”
18. He told that he…….. not know the way.
19. Teacher said, “Ice floats on water.”
20. Teacher told that ice……… on water.

Answer:

1. wrote
2. she
3. rises
4. had
5. if .
6. to
7. was
8. where
9. did
10. floats

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Answer 2

Answer:

Change into indirect speech

Read the following sentences and convert them into indirect speech.

Rahul told to me, “When are you leaving?”

“Where do you live?” the stranger asked Aladdin.

The teacher said to Shelly, “Why are you laughing?”

Dhronacharya said to Arjun, “Shoot the bird’s eye.”

“Call the first convict,” said the jury.

“Call the ambulance,” said the man.

Bruce said to me, “I shall do the work.”

My mother said to me, “You were wrong.”

Mr Richard said to me, “Please wait here till I return.”

The captain said to me, “Bravo! You have played well.”

Raj said, “Alas! My pet died.”

Ruchi said, “I may go there.”

Bucky said to Steve, “Do you hear me?”

The boy said, “Let me come in.”

Granny said to me, “May God bless you.”

Answers –

Rahul asked me when I was leaving.

The stranger asked Aladdin where he lived.

The teacher asked Shelly why he was laughing.

Dhronacharya ordered Arjun to shoot the fish’s eye.

The jury ordered to call the first convict.

The man urged to call the ambulance.

Bruce said to me he would do the work.

My mother told me that I was wrong.

Mr Richard requested me to wait there till he returned.

The captain applauded me, saying that I had played well.

Raj exclaimed sadly that his pet died.

Ruchi said that she might go there.

Bucky asked Steve if he heard him.

The boy asked to let him come in.

Granny prayed that God might bless

Explanation:

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