Q. 1 Change the following sentences into reported speech.
1. The lady said, “I won’t go on the top.”
2. He said to the lady, “You must take that dog out.”
3. The policeman said to him, “Give me your name and address.”
4. “You will have pneumonia,” said the man to the Hudson
5. The conductor said, “The bus will not go until the dog is brought out.
6. Mr Hudson said to me, “I could show you one.”
7. He explained, “The thin men are the divers.”
8. I asked, “Who is the man sitting on the bench?”
9. I said to Mr Hudson, “How long will they stay under.”
10. He said, “It pricked the rope puller’s fingers.”
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ANSWER:-
1) The lady said that I won't go on the top.
2) He said to the lady that you must take the dog out.
3) The policeman said to him that give me your name and address.
4) The Hudson said to the man that you will have pneumonia.
5) The conductor said that the bus will not go until the dog is brought out.
6) Mr Hudson said to me that I could show you one.
7) He explained that the thin man are the drivers.
8) I asked that who is the man sitting on the bench?
9) I said to Mr Hudson that how long will they stay under.
10) He said that it pricked the rope puller's fingers.
Change the following sentences into reported speech.
1. The lady said, “I won’t go on the top.”
- The lady said that she would not go on the top.
2. He said to the lady, “You must take that dog out.”
- He advised the lady to take that dog out.
3. The policeman said to him, “Give me your name and address.”
- The policeman requested him to give him his name and address.
4. “You will have pneumonia,” said the man to the Hudson
- The man told Hudson that he would have pneumonia.
5. The conductor said, “The bus will not go until the dog is brought out.
- The conductor said that the bus would not go until the dog is brought out.
6. Mr Hudson said to me, “I could show you one.”
- Mr Hudson told me that he could show me one.
7. He explained, “The thin men are the divers.”
- He explained that the thin men were the divers.
8. I asked, “Who is the man sitting on the bench?”
- I asked who was the man sitting on the bench.
9. I said to Mr Hudson, “How long will they stay under.”
- I asked Mr Hudson how long would they stay under.
10. He said, “It pricked the rope puller’s fingers.”
- He said that it had pricked the rope puller’s fingers.
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