Exercise A : Change the narration of the following sentences from direct to
indirect speech:
1) He said, “They were waiting for the recess bell.
2) He said to me, “Kamla lives in Gandhinagar.”
3) The boy said, “I will go to school today.”
4) My brother said to me, “Your friend called up around 7 o'clock.”
5) The teacher said, “Plants prepare their own food through
photosynthesis."
6) She said, "I came to this town five years ago."
7) He said, “My mother is peeling some potatoes in the kitchen."
8) I said to my friend, “I will drive you to the station.”
9) Akshay said, “I am late tonight."
10) The girls said, “We have been studying in Hyderabad for the last thſee
years."
11) Sanjay said, “I will never tell a lie again.”
12) They said, “We have built a sand castle here."
13) Vikram said, “Javed wrote a poem for his mother."
14) She said to him, "You have to come here now."
15) Ali said to his friend, "I shall always remember this day.”
Answers
Answer:
1. He said that they had been waiting for the recess bell.
2. He told me that kamla lived in Gandhinagar.
3. The boy said that he would go to school that day.
4. My brother told me that my friend had called up around 7 o'clock.
5. The teacher said that plants prepare their own food through photosynthesis.
6. She said that she had gone to that town five years before.
7. He said that his mother was peeling some potatoes in the kitchen.
8. I told my friend that I would drive him/her to the station.
9. Akshay said that he was late that night.
10. The girls said that they had been studying in Hyderabad for the last three years.
11. Sanjay said that he would never tell a lie again.
12. They said that they had built a sand castle there.
13. Vikram said that Javed had written a poem for his mother.
14. She ordered him to go there then.
15. Ali told his friend that he should always remember that day.
Answer:
1. He said that they were waiting for the recess bell.
2. He told me that Kamala lived in Gandhinagar.
3. The boy said that he would go to school that day.
4. My brother told me that my friend called up around 7 o'clock.
5. The teacher said that plants prepare their own food through photosynthesis.
6. She said that she came to this town five years ago.
7. He said that his mother was peeling some potatoes in the kitchen.
8. I told my friend that I would drive him to the station.
9. Akshay said that he was late that night.
10. The girl said that they had been studying in Hyderabad for the last three months.
11. Sanjay said that he would never tell a lie again.
12. They said that they had built a sand castle there.
13. Vikram said that Javed wrote a poem for his mother.
14. She told him that he had to go there then.
15. Ali told his friend that he should always remember that day.
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