Question

Gardener - Did you water the plant today?
Dew — No, but I will today.
Gardener - then tommorow I will get a sapling of
Sunflower.
The gardener asked dew (a) Dew replied negatively
but (b) Then the gardener said that (c)

FILL A,B,C.
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Answer 1

The answers are as follows:

a. 'if she had watered the plant that day.'

b. 'said that she would do it that day.'

c. 'next day, he would get a sapling of sunflower.'

Analysis

• The given exercise is based on the chapter of 'Direct and Indirect Speech.'

• The speech is given in the form of dialogues. Thus, it is in the direct speech.

• In the fill in the blanks, the sentences have been written in their indirect speech. It is because they are being reported by the narrator. Thus, 'you' and 'I' have been changed to 'she,' and 'he.'

Answer 2

The correct answers are:-

(A) whether he watered the plant that day or not.

(B) said that he will do it that day.

(C) He will get a sapling of sunflower the next day.

• Here, in the given question, we have been asked to fill in the blanks with the appropriate indirect speech.
• Here, in the given question, we have been given the question in the dialogue form.
• In the first sentence, the gardener is asking Dev whether he has watered the plants or not.
• Here in the second sentence, it has been said that Dev will water the plants that day.
• In the third sentence, the gardener says that he will bring a sapling of sunflower the next day.