Question

Grammar Bites
a) Change the following into indirect speech:
1. The king said, "My poor Mahamood will die soon if he eats so much."
2. The king asked angrily, "Who is knocking at my door so late?"
3. Mahamood said, "I shall eat it when the king is not looking at me."
4. The king asked Mahamood, "How much did you pay for your donkey in Tripoli?"
5. The king asked, "What is your last wish?"
6. Mahamood said to the king, "My last wish is to have a good supper."​

Answer 1

Indirect speech involves the presentation of a sentence by describing or reporting it explicitly and in a past tense.

The correct sentences are -

1. The king said that his poor Mahamood will die soon if he ate so much."

2. The king asked angrily, "Who was knocking his door so late?"

3. Mahamood said, he shall eat when the king was not looking at him.

4. Mahamood was asked by the king "How much did he pay for his donkey in Tripoli?"

5. The king asked, "What was his last wish?"

6. Mahmood told the king that his last wish was to have a good supper."