Question

Exercise
Change the following into Indirect Speech
1. He says, "My brother likes apples.
2. He says to me, "I do not live here
3. You say to Gagan, "You like English but I like Hindi
4. They say to us, "We are not well today.”
5. Harpreet said, "I shall talk to you tomorrow."
6. Ram will say, "I have done my work."
7. Mohan will say to her, "You can do this thing tonig
3. My sister said to me, "I will visit my friend next we
2. Mrs. Sharma said, "I am teaching my son English."
The teacher said to us, "Slow and steady wins the ra
. My father said, "Your friend met me yesterday.
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Answer 1

ANSWER :

• [1] He says, "My brother likes apples."

➨ He says that his brother likes apples.

• [2] He says to me, "I do not live here."

➨ He tells me that he doesn't live there.

• [3] You say to Gagan, "You like English but I like Hindi."

➨ You tell Gagan that he likes English but you like Hindi.

• [4] They say to us, "We are not well today.”

➨ They tell us that they are not well that day.

• [5] Harpreet said, "I shall talk to you tomorrow."

➨ Harpreet said that he would talk to me the next day.

• [6] Ram will say, "I have done my work."

➨ Ram will say that he has done his work.

• 7] Mohan will say to her, "You can do this thing tonight."

➨ Mohan will tell her that she can do that thing that night.

• [8] My sister said to me, "I will visit my friend next weekend."

➨ My sister told me that she would visit my friend the weekend after.

• [9] Mrs. Sharma said, "I am teaching my son English."

➨ Mrs. Sharma said that she was teaching her son English.

• [10] The teacher said to us, "Slow and steady wins the race."

➨ The teacher told us that slow and steady wins the race.

• [11] My father said, "Your friend met me yesterday

➨ My father said that my friend had met him the previous day.

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KNOW MORE :

❒ Direct Speech :-

• ➬ In Direct Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed in the same way that it is said by the speaker i.e, with speech marks and using exactly the same words.

• ➬ The words of the speaker are kept within Inverted Comma (" ") in Direct Speech and there we need ti use Comma (,) between the Reporting Verb and Direct Speech.

• ➬ The verb that introduce the Direct Speech is called Reporting Verb.

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❒ Indirect Speech :-

• ➬ In Indirect Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed without speech marks and without necessarily using exactly the same words, keeping the meaning same.

• ➬ Unlike Direct Speech, there is the need of using "that" or any necessary conjunction instead of the the Comma (,) in Indirect Speech.

• ➬ There is also needed some grammatical changes while changing the speech from Direct speech to Indirect Speech. ,