EXERCISE 7.
Using Indirect Speech rewrite the following sentences :
1. Mohan said to Akash, “How is your father now?”
2. The policeman said to the passer-by, “Who are you and where are you going?”
3. Father said to me, “Why did you not go to school yesterday?”?
4. The traveller enquired, “Which is the shortest way to station?”
5. “Who will bell the cat?”' asked an old mouse.
6. He said, “Where is she going?”
7. “Where is the station?” he enquired of me.
8. He asked, “What have you got in your bag?”
9. He said, “Mary, when is the next train?”
10. She said to them, “What do you want?”
11. He said to me, “Why did you strike me???
12. "Where do you live?” asked the stranger.
13. “Are you coming home with me?” he asked.
14. “Which way did she go?" asked the young man,
15. “Which is the proper way to answer this question, father?” the boy said.
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Answers:
1. Mohan asked Akash how his father was then.
2. The policeman asked the passer-by who he was and where he was going.
3. Father asked me why I had not gone to school the previous day.
4. The traveller enquired which way was shortest to station.
5. An old mouse asked who would bell the cat.
6. He asked where she was going.
7. He asked me where the station was.
8. He asked what I had got in her bag.
9. He asked Mary when the next train was.
10. She asked them what they wanted.
11. He asked me why I had striked him.
12. The stranger asked me where I lived.
13. He asked whether i was coming home with him.
14. The young man asked which way she went.
15. The boy asked father which way was proper to answer that question.
1• Mohan asked Akash how was his father then .
2• The policeman asked the passer-by who he was and where was he going.
3•Father asked me why I hadn't gone to school on the previous day.
4• The traveller asked which was the shortest way to station.
5• An old mouse asked who would bell the cat.
6• He asked where she was going.
7• He asked me where the station was.
8• He asked what I had got in my bag.
9• He asked Mary, when was the next train.
10• She asked them what did they want.
11• He asked me why had I striked him.
12• The stranger asked where did I live.
13• He asked if I was going home with him.
14• The young man asked which way she had gone.
15• The boy asked his father which was the proper way to answer that question.