EXERCISE 25 Change the following sentences into Indirect : 1. He said to me, "I will give you a book." 2. He said, "The sun rises in the east and sets in the west." 3. Mohan anid, "Will you give me your pen ?" 4. He said to the servant, "Go to the market and bring some ice." 6. The man said, "Get out of this room at once." 6. Sudhir snid, "Who are you to speak to me like this?" 7. The man said, "I am the watchman and I have been posted here." 8. Sudhir said, "Sorry, sir, I shall leave this place soon." 9. The doctor said to the patient, "What is the matter with you ?” 10. The patient replied, "I feel uncomfortable."
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A direct speech is a way of reporting the speaker's exact dialogue. It is usually enclosed with a pair of quotation marks (" "). Indirect speech on the other hand is way of reporting the speaker's dialogue, but it doesn't use the exact words used.
1. Direct: He said, "I like the book."
Indirect: He said that he liked the book
Short explanation: We changed the subject pronoun I into he, and we changed the tense of the verb from present to past because the verb "said" is in the past form.
2. My mother said to me, "Do you want the chocolate cake?"
Indirect: My mother asked if I wanted the chocolate cake.
Short explanation: We changed the subject pronoun you into I. We also changed the tense of the verb from present to past because the verb used before the quotation is in the past form. We also changed said to asked because the sentence in the quotation is a question.
3. Direct: Sammy says, "I am flying like a kite.
Indirect: Sammy says she is flying like a kite.
Short explanation: We did not change the tense because the verb before the quotation is in the present tense too.
4. Direct: Veronica said, "Honesty is the best policy."
Indirect: Veronica said that honesty was the best policy.
5. Direct: Her little brother said, "The sun rises in the east."
Indirect: Her little brother said the the sun rose in the east.
6. Direct: My friend said to me, "I shall go to Delhi tomorrow."
Indirect: My friend said to me that she should go to Delhi tomorrow.
7. Direct: The student said to the teacher, "I am sorry that I am late."
Indirect: The student said to the teacher that he was sorry that he was late.
8. Direct: He said to me, "Will you go there?"
Indirect: He asked me if I would go there.
9. Direct: I said to him, "Leave this place at once."
Indirect: I told him to leave that place at once.
Short explanation: We changed said to told so we may fit the infinitive, "to leave" in the sentence. We also used that instead of this because it's in the past tense.
10. Direct: The teacher said to the students, "Listen to me attentively."
Indirect: The teacher told the students to listen to her attentively.
Activity 2:
1. Indirect: The principal ordered the peon to ring the bell.
Direct: "Ring the bell," the principal ordered the peon.
Explanation: