EXERCISE-4
Put the following into Indirect Speech :
1. He said, "Get out of my way."
2. "Climb in through the window," he ordered.
3. "Please pay at the desk," said the assistant.
4. "Open your bag, please," said the store detective.
5. "Don't worry about anything, Mrs Bhat," said her solicitor.
"Leave it all to me."
6. "Don't use bent coins in a slot machine," I advised him
7. "Follow that car," the detective said to the taxi-driver.
& "Wash it in lukewarm water," recommended the assistant.
9. "Have confidence in me," urged the doctor.
Answers
Answer:
The indirect speech conversions are-
1. He told/ ordered me to get out of his way.
2. He ordered him to climb in through the window.
3. The assistant requested to pay at the desk.
4. The store detective requested him/her to open his/her bag.
5. Her solicitor advised Mrs Bhat not to worry and leave it all to her.
6. I advised him not to use bent coins in a slot machine./ I forbid him to use bent coins in a slot machine.
7. The detective ordered the taxi driver to follow that car.
8. The assistant recommended washing it in lukewarm water.
9. The doctor urged me to have confidence. (in myself)
Explanation:
- When the speaker's words are expressed with some modifications using no quotation marks, we call it indirect or reported speech narration.
- Imperative sentences are those which pose a command, order request, advice, suggestions etc.
- Reported Speech Imperatives differ in structure from other normal reported speech sentences.
- In normal reported speech, we use the common reporting verbs -said and told.
- But here, for imperatives, we use reporting verbs such as requested, ordered, advised, forbade, suggested, urged etc.
- The structure of Reported Speech Imperatives: Reporting verb (e.g. ask, tell) + noun/pronoun + to infinitive
The Rule to change an imperative into indirect speech:
→ Remove the speech marks in an Imperative sentence.
→ Use ‘to’ if it is an affirmative sentence. (without don‘t)
→ Use ‘not to’ if the sentence begins without Don‘t.
→ Don‘t use ‘that’
→ Omit the word ‘please’. Use the word ‘request’ instead of ‘say’.
→ If the direct speech is a request or a command, the reporting verb (say, said) changes to tell, request, order, command etc. In its correct verb tense.
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1. He ordered me to get out of his way.
2. He ordered him to climb in through the window.
3. The assistant requested him/her to pay at the desk.
4. The store detective requested him/her to open his/her bag.
5. Mrs Bhat's solicitor advised her not to worry.
6. I advised him not to use bent coins in a slot machine.
7. The detective ordered the taxi driver to follow that car.
8. The assistant recommended washing it in lukewarm water.
9. The doctor encouraged me to have confidence in him.
- Direct speech: Direct Speech is the literal representation of the words spoken by someone, using a quotation marks.
- Indirect speech: Indirect speech is when we report what someone said in our own words, without making the use of quotation marks.
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