EXERCISE 4 (Miscellaneous)
Change the following into Indirect form of speech:
1. You said to me, "I do not think I can oblige you agam in this way.
2. He said, “The rain that fell last night prevented me from coming to this place."
3. He said to me, "I have never seen such a lazy.boy as you are."
4. The teacher said to the girl, I know you and your mother.
5. I said to her, "All your faults will be pardoned if you confess them."
6. The teacher said to the boys, “I shall prove now that the earth moves round the sun."
7. He said to me, "You have made a great mistake in your statements.
8. The preacher said, "You should love your neighbour as yourself, for God is love."
9. The boy said, "I have been able to finish my work this evening."
10. He said to me, "You are a worthless boy and never learn your lessons; therefore you
deserve to be punished."
11: He said to me, "Your letter reached me too late to prevent my starting in time."
12. I said, "I shall finish my work as quickly as I can.
13. The captain said about you, "He is one of our best players."
14. I said to him, “I do not think you are working hard.”. He replied, "You are quite
mistaken, I am working very hard."
15. He said to us, “I advise you all to do your work regularly, to act honestly, to respect
your elders and to help your poor fellow beings.
Answers
Answer:
1. you told me that I didn't think I could oblige you again in this way
2. He said that the rain that had fallen the previous night had prevented him from coming to that place
3. He told me that he had never seen such a lazy boy as I was
4. The teacher told the girl that he knew her and her mother
5. I told her that all her faults would be pardoned if she confessed them
6. the teacher told the boys that he should prove then that the earth moves round the sun
7. He told me that I had made a great mistake in my statements
8. the preacher said that he should love his neighbour as himself for God is love
9. The boy said that he had been able to finish his work that evening
10. He told me that I was a worthless boy and never learnt my lessons; therefore I deserved to be finished
11. He told me that my letter had reached him too late to prevent his starting in time
12. I said that I should finish my work as quickly as I could
13. The captain said about you that He was one of their best players
14. I told him that I didn't think he was working hard. He replied that He was quite mistaken, He was working very hard
15. He told us that he advised us all to do our work regularly , to act honestly , to respect our elders and to help our poor fellow beings