Question

Q Read the following conversation between two friends, Ginnie and Dimpi and complete the paragraph that follows.
Ginnie: Why have you not brought my dress?
Dimpi: I haven’t brought it because I had gone to my cousin's house with my mother, so I forgot to keep it.
Ginnie: Don't give me lame excuses. I want to know the truth.
Dimpi: I am sorry Ginnie. I was playing with my friends till late. I forgot that you needed it today.

Ginnie asked Dimpi (a) ………………….. .Dimpi said that she (b) …………………………. .Ginnie (c) …………………………… and further added that (d)…………………… Dimpi said that he was sorry and further added that she was playing with her friends and she had forgotten that she needed it that day.

Answer 1

Explanation:

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Answer 2

a) Ginnie asked Dimpi why she had not brought her dress .

b) Dimpi said that she hadn't brought it because she had gone to her cousin's house with her mother,so she had forgotten to keep it. .

c) Ginnie ordered not to give her lame excuses and further added that

d) she wanted to know the truth.

Dimpi said that she was sorry and further added that she was playing with her friends and she had forgotten that she needed it that day.

The rules to change a direct speech into an indirect speech are as follows :

• The comma and the double quotations are omitted
• The tense of the sentence inside the quotation does not change if the reported verb is in present tense.
• The tense of the sentence inside the quotation changes accordingly if the reported verb is in past tense.

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