Exercise 6. Put these sentences into indirect speech:
1. He said to me, "Who are you and what do you want?"
2. Meenal anxiously said to her father, "When shall we be reaching Mt. Abu?"
3. The beggar said curtly, "Why did you throw that stone at me?"
3. 4. She said to us, "Did you see or hear anything in the dead of night?
5. Nitish said to the judge, "Can I not do what I like with the things that are
mine?"
6. She said to the dry cleaner, "Can you wash this suit clean?" "No, it is too dirty,"
said the dry cleaner.
c. 7. The visitor said to one of the students, "Where is the meeting to be held?"
"It is being held here," said the student.
8. The Jew said to him, "Why should I be merciful to you when nobody has ever
shown any mercy to me?"
9. I said to my friend, "Shall I hurry on and get the tickets if you are getting late?"
"Yes," he said.
10. She said to her friend, "Will you help me to hold this box?"
Her friend said, "Yes, with pleasure."
Answers
Answer:
1. He said to me that who am I and what I want.
2. Meenal anxiously said to her father that when shall they be reaching Mt. Abu .
3. The beggar said curtly said that why did they throw that stone at him .
4.She said to us that did we see or hear anything in the dead of night.
5. Nitish said to the judge that Can he not do what he like with the things that belong to him.
6. She said to the dry cleaner that can he wash this suit . But the dry cleaners said that no, it is too dirty.
7. The visitor said to one of the students that where is the meeting to be held. Then student said that it is being held here.
8. The Jew said to him that why should she be merciful to him when nobody has ever shown any mercy to her.
9. I said to my friend that shall I hurry on and get the tickets if he is getting late and he said yes .
10. She said to her friend that will he help her to hold this box and her friend said yes, with pleasures.