Q.1 Change the following sentences into ‘Indirect Speech’ :
(1) “I made some money yesterday,” he explained. “Now you’ll be paid regularly.”
(2) He said : “Sir, I have never thought about it. We are born to work.”
(3) “You are not tone-deaf,” he said to me.
(4) “Sing that back,” he ordered me.
(5) He said, “What kind of music do you like?”
(6) “Please,” she begged him, “Please come.”
(7) Her brother said, “Enjoy yourself. He added, “Lucky you!”
(8) “Are you still hungry?” I asked faintly.
(9) “Will you buy my hair? Asked Della.
(10) “Don’s make any mistake, Dell,” he said, “about me.”
(11) He said, “I will do it now.”
(12) He says, :Honesty is the best policy.”
(13) Ramesh says, “I have written a letter.”
(14) She said, “Mahesh will be reading a book.”
(15) She said, “Where is your father?”
(16) He said to me, “Please take your book.”
(17) The Principal said to the peon, “Let this boy go out.”
(18) He said to me, “May you live long!”
(19) She said, “Goodbye friends!”
(20) The students said, “Alas! I wasted my time last year.”
(21) I said to Prerana, “How do you travel to office everyday?” .
(22) Shivam said to his mother, “Where does the rain come from?”
(23) “Do you know the way to the paradise?”A crazy man asked me.
(24) Maria said to her daughter, “At what time will you come back?”
(25) The man said to the mechanic, “By what time will you have fixed the tyre of my bike?”
(26) Varun says to Tarun, “Where did you go yesterday?”
(27) “Is there anything special in it?” She asked.
(28) “Hark! I can smell something here” said Mr Naik to his colleague
Answers
Explanation:
1. he explained that he had made some money the day before and then he would be paid regularly.
2. he told the sir that he had never thought about it and they were born to work.
3. he told me that I was not tone- deaf.
4. he ordered me to sing that song.
5. he asked what kind of music he liked.
6. she begged him to come.
7. her brother wished her to enjoy herself and he said that she was lucky.
8. I asked faintly whether he was still hungry.
9. Della asked weather he would buy her hair.
10. he asked Dell not to make any mistake about him.
11. he said that he would do it then.
12. he says that honesty is the best policy.
13. Ramesh says that he have written a letter.
14. she said that magesh would be reading a book.
15. she asked where his father was.
16. he requested me to take my book.
17. the principal suggested the peon that this boy should go out.
18. he wished me that I might live long.
19. she bid farewell to her friends . / she told her friends that good bye.
20. the student exclaimed with Sorrow that he had wasted his time the previous year.
21. I asked prerana how she traveled to office everyday.
22. Shivam asked his mother where the rain came from.
23. a crazy man asked me whether I knew the way to the paradise.
24. Maria asked her daughter at what time she would come back.
25. the man asked the mechanic by what time he would have fixed the tyre of his bike.
26. Varun asks tarun where he went the day before.
27. she asked whether there was anything special in it .
28. Mr Naik told his colleague that he could smell something there.