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what is that queer object?
feathers have you come
Turn the following into Indirect Speech.
1. What do you want?' he said to her.
2. He said, How's your father?'
3. 'Are you coming home with me?'he asked.
4. He enquired, 'When do you intend to pay me?
5. He said to us, 'Why are you all sitting about there doing
nothing?
6. Do you really come from China? said the prince.
7. The poor man exclaimed, Will none of you help me?
8. "Which way did she go?'asked the young Rakshas.
9. Aladdin said to the magician, What have done to deserve
so severe a blow?
10. "Don't you know the way home? asked L
11. 'Do you write in a good hand ? he said.
12 "Have you anything to say on behalf of the prisoner ? said
the judge finally.
13. Which is the proper way to answer this question, father?'
the boy enquired.
asked
14. "Have you anything to tell me, little bird
15. The young sparrow said, Mother, what is thatou
16. Then aloud he said, Tell me, boy, is the miller with
17. Who are you, sit, and what do you want 7 the chied
18. Dear bird, she said, stroking its feathers have
to comfort me in my sorrow?"
19. The Rajah was deeply grieved, and said to his wife
can I do for you?
20. When the sun got low, the king's son said, Jack, since w
have no money, where can we lodge this night?
21. She said to him. What is it that makes you so much strange
and braver than any other man?
22. When the Brahmin approached, the first thief said Why
do you carry a dog on your back? Are you not ashamed?
Answers
1. He asked her what she wanted.
2. He asked how her father was.
3. He asked her if she was coming home with him.
4. He enquired of him when he intended to pay him.
5. He asked us why we were all sitting about and doing nothing.
6. The prince asked him if he really came from China.
7. The poor man asked them if none of them would help him.
8. The young Rakshas asked the people where she had gone.
9. Aladdin asked the magician what he had done to deserve so severe a blow.
10. L asked if he did not know the way home.
11. He asked if he wrote in a good hand.
12. The judge asked if he had anything to say on behalf of the prisoner.
13. The boy asked his father which the proper way to answer that question was.
14. He asked the little bird if he had anything to tell him.
15. The young sparrow asked its mother what that was.
16, 17, 18 are not properly written
19. The Rajha was deeply grieved and asked his wife if he could do for her.
20. When the sun got low, the king's son asked Jack since they did not have any money where they could lodge that night.
21. She asked him what it was that made him so much strange and braver than any other man.
22. When the Brahmin approached, the first thief asked him why he carried a dog on his back and wanted to know if he was not ashamed.
Answer:
1) He asked her what she wanted.
2) He asked how her father was.
3) He asked her if she was coming home with him.
4) He enquired of him when he intended to pay him.
5) He asked us why we were all sitting about and doing nothing.
6) The prince asked him if he really came from China.
7) The poor man asked them if none of them would help him.
8) The young Rakshas asked the people where she had gone.
9) Aladdin asked the magician what he had done to deserve so severe a blow.
10) L asked if he did not know the way home.
11) He asked if he wrote in a good hand.
12) The judge asked if he had anything to say on behalf of the prisoner.
13) The boy asked his father which the proper way to answer that question was.
14) He asked the little bird if he had anything to tell him.
15) The young sparrow asked its mother what that was.
16)
17)
18)
19) The Rajha was deeply grieved and asked his wife if he could do for her.
20) When the sun got low, the king's son asked Jack since they did not have any money where they could lodge that night.
21) She asked him what it was that made him so much strange and braver than any other man.
22) When the Brahmin approached, the first thief asked him why he carried a dog on his back and wanted to know if he was not ashamed.
Note for the questioner:
Three question "16, 17, 18" doesn't make a meaningful sentence and also it couldn't be converted to indirect speech.
Additional information:
Indirect speech:
➜ He told her that, she was trying to insult me.
Direct speech:
➜ He said to her, "you are trying to insult me".
Direct speech definition:
➜ Direct speech is quote actual words of the speaker.
Indirect speech definition:
➜ Indirect speech reports the content said by the speaker without quoting exact words. This is "Reported speech".
Examples of direct and indirect speech:
Direct speech:
➜ Nayanshreyas, said "I have scored 100% marks in maths".
Indirect speech:
➜ Nayanshreyas said that he had scored 100% marks in maths.
Converting direct to indirect speech:
➜ Changing the tenses.
➜ Changing the pronouns.
➜ Changing the expression of the words for (Place, things, Time).