EXERCISE
hange the form of narration :
a) . He said to me, "Have you lost your pen ?"
2. Mohan asked his driver, "Is the car ready?"
3. "Do you know Hindi ?" the teacher asked the boy.
A. He asked me, "What is your name ?"
8. He said to me, "Where is the station ?"
6. "Which is your pen ?" she asked her brother.
7. She said to me, "Where are you going?"
8. My father said to me, "Why have you failed in your test ?"
9. "Why are you telling a lie ?" said the teacher to Mohan.
10. "Are you going to college today?" said she to me.
11. He said to me, "What is the shortest way back ?"
12. My father asked me, "Where are you going ?"
13. "What are you doing here?" the policeman said to me.
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Answers
a) . He said to me, "Have you lost your pen ?"
he asked me if I had lost my pen. (passive)
2. Mohan asked his driver, "Is the car ready?"
Mohan asked his driver if the car was ready. (passive)
3. "Do you know Hindi ?" the teacher asked the boy.
The teacher asked the boy if he knew Hindi. (passive)
A. He asked me, "What is your name ?"
He asked me what my name was. (passive)
8. He said to me, "Where is the station ?"
He asked me where the station was. (passive)
6. "Which is your pen ?" she asked her brother.
She asked her brother which pen was his. (passive)
7. She said to me, "Where are you going?"
She asked me where I was going. (passive)
8. My father said to me, "Why have you failed in your test ?"
My father asked me why I had failed in my test. (passive)
9. "Why are you telling a lie ?" said the teacher to Mohan.
Teacher asked Mohan why he was telling a lie. (passive)
10. "Are you going to college today?" said she to me.
She asked me if I was going to college that day.(passive)
11. He said to me, "What is the shortest way back ?"
He asked me what the shortest way back was. (passive)
12. My father asked me, "Where are you going ?"
My father asked me where I was going. (passive)
13. "What are you doing here?" the policeman said to me.
The policeman asked me what I was doing there. (passive)
SoIution :
AII the given sentences are in direct form, so we need to change them into indirect form :
1. He asked me if I had Iost my pen.
2. Mohan asked his driver if the car was ready.
3. The teacher asked the boy if he knew hindi.
4. He asked me what my name is.
5. He asked me where the station was.
6. She asked her brother which was his pen.
7. She asked me where I was going.
8. My father asked me why I had faiIed in my exam.
9. The teacher asked Mohan why he was teIIing a Iie.
10. She asked me if I was going to coIIege that day.
11. He asked me what was the shortest way back.
12. My father asked me where I was going.
13. The poIiceman asked me what I was doing there.