Question

Narration change :
1. The trainer said, "Why is everybody late today?"
ME-'18
2. "Are cherry seeds lucky?" asked Rakesh.
ME-'11, '04
3. The policeman said to the thief, “Where have you
kept the stolen goods ?" ME-'17
4. She said to me, “Are you well?"



5. "What's your problem ?" said the doctor to the
patient. ME-'13
6. "How did you get here, child ?" asked the man.
ME-'09
** 7. "Climb up ! little boy," said the tree. ME-'10, '05
8. The girl said, "Hurrah ! I have won the debate
competition." ME-'12
9. I said to him, “May you be happy". Tu aparat met
10. The teacher said to his students, "You must love
your motherland." ME-'08​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The trainer said, "Why is everybody late today?"

Narration change: The trainer ask why everybody was late that day.

2. "Are cherry seeds lucky?" asked Rakesh.

Narration change: Rakesh asked if cherry seeds were lucky.

3. The policeman said to the thief, “Where have you  kept the stolen goods ?"

Narration change: The policeman asked the thief where he/she had kept the stolen goods.

4. She said to me, “Are you well?"

Narration change: She asked me if I was well.

5. "What's your problem ?" said the doctor to the  patient.

Narration change: The doctor asked the patient what his/her problem was.

6. "How did you get here, child ?" asked the man.

Narration change: The man asked the child how he/she got there.

7. "Climb up ! little boy," said the tree.

Narration change: The tree told the little boy to climb up.

8. The girl said, "Hurrah ! I have won the debate  competition."

Narration change: The girl exclaimed with delight that she had won the debate competition.

9. I said to him, “May you be happy".

Narration change: I wished him that he might be happy.

10. The teacher said to his students, "You must love  your motherland."

Narration change: The teacher told his students that they must love their motherland.

Know more!!

• There are two type of speeches: direct and indirect.

Direct speech conveys the exact words spoken by the speaker.

Indirect speech refers to the reporting of conversation to someone else.

• While converting direct speech into indirect speech, some words are to be changed :-

In declarative sentences :

» said to ➡ told  

» said ➡ said that

In interrogative sentences :

» said/said to ➡ ask

Words :

» this ➡ that  

» these ➡ those  

» tomorrow ➡ next day  

» today  ➡ that day  

» yesterday ➡ the previous day

• In indirect speech, past tense is usually used.

Answer 2

Required Answers:–

1. The trainer ask why everybody was late that day.
2. Rakesh asked if cherry seeds were lucky.
3. The policeman asked the thief where he/she had kept the stolen goods.
4. She asked me if I was well.
5. The doctor asked the patient what his/her problem was.
6. The man asked the child how he/she got there.
7. The tree told the little boy to climb up.
8. The girl exclaimed with delight that she had won the debate competition.
9. I wished him that he might be happy.
10. The teacher told his students that they must love their motherland.

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★How the tense changed?

Present Simple → Past Simple

Present Continuous → Past Continuous

Present Perfect → Past Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

Past Simple → Past Perfect

Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect → No change

Past Perfect Continuous → No change

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★There are two ways of reporting what someone has spoken:-

a) When the exact words spoken by a person are used , it is called direct speech.

b) When the words spoken by a person are put in our own words , it is called indirect speech.

★For example:-

Suppose your friend told you that you have a good handwriting. You want to convey this to your parents.You can do it in either of these two ways :-

• My friend said to me, "You have a good handwriting. (Direct speech)
• My friend told me that I had a good handwriting.(indirect speech)

★Related information:-

• The exact words of the speaker, written within Quotation marks or Inverted commas (“ ”) is called Reported speech.
• The verb that introduces the Reported speech is called a Reporting verb.