Question

EXERCISE 1
CHANGE the following sentences into INDIRECT SPEECH:

1. Ashok says, "Vijay is buying a scooter.'
2. Sushil will say, "Mohan has sold his old house." 3. He says to his friend, "Students have been reading since morning."
4. He said to the boys, "The teacher is very angry."
5. I said to Sohan, “The boys must work hard to get good marks.”
6. Prem said, "The rich should help the poor."
7. Sashi said, "The grandmother would often tell stories at night."
8. The doctor said, “He could not speak before treatment."
9. He said, "It might rain in the evening."
10. She said, “The sun gives us light and heat."​

Answer 1

1. Ashok says, "Vijay is buying a scooter.'

• Ashok says that vilay is buying a scooter.

2. Sushil will say, "Mohan has sold his old house."

• Sushil will say that mohan has sold his old house.

3. He says to his friend, "Students have been reading since morning."

• He says to his friend that Students have been reading since morning.

4. He said to the boys, "The teacher is very angry."

• He told the boys that the teacher was very angry.

5. I said to Sohan, “The boys must work hard to get good marks.”

• I told sohan that the boys must work hard to get good marks.

6. Prem said, "The rich should help the poor."

• Prem said that The rich should help the poor.

7. Sashi said, "The grandmother would often tell stories at night."

• Shashi said that the grandmother would have often told stories at night.

8. The doctor said, “He could not speak before treatment."

• The dostor said that he could have not spoken before treatment.

9. He said, "It might rain in the evening."

• He said that it might rain in the evening.

10. She said, “The sun gives us light and heat."

• She said that the sun gives us light and heat."

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Answer 2

Answer:

1.Ashok says that vijay was buying a scooter.

2.sushil will say that mohan had sold is old house.

3.He tells his friend that students had been reading since morning.

4.He told the boys that the teacher was very angry.

5.I told sohan that the the boys must work hard to get good marks.

6.prem said that the rich should help the poor.

7.sashi said that the grandmother would often tell stories at night.

8.the doctor said that he could not speak before.

9.he said that it might rain in the evening.

10.she said that the sun gives us light and heat.