Question

Q.5 Read the following dialogues and report in indirect narration.
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Mother: Where were you?
Daughter': I was on the terrace playing.
Mother : Please do not go without prior permission.
Daughter: This was the first time ever that I went on the terrace.
Mother : Remember, do not go there alone.
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Answer 1

The given dialogues in indirect narration are:

• Mother asked her daughter where she was.
• The daughter replied that she was playing on the terrace.
• Mother requested her daughter not to go without prior permission.
• The daughter replied that it was the first time ever that she went on the terrace.
• Mother asked her to remember about not going there alone.

Indirect speech is used to address the words of a speaker without directly quoting his words.

The reporting verb, tense and certain words change during transformation.

Answer 2

Answer:

Mother asked her daughter where she had been.

The daughter replied that she had been playing on the terrace

The mother then requested her not to go without prior permission.

The daughter apologised saying that this had been the first time ever that she had gone on the terrace.

The mother warned her saying not to go there alone.

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