Que-1. Rewrite into indirect speech
A) He said to me, "Bring me a book.
B) He said "You're not working hard enough."
C) "Did you see the woman yesterday?" said the girl to her mother
D) He said, "Don't do it
E) What a terrible noisel" she said
F)He said, "which is your bicycle
G) She said, "I am going to Kolhapur tomorrow
h) They said "We can't do it now"
1)They said "It is not at all true"
J) "The oracle", he said, "chose me as the wisest Athenian because I am
the only one who knows that he doesn't know anything"
Answers
A. He ordered me to bring a book to him.
2. He said that You were not working hard enough.
3. Girl asked her mother if she had seen the women previous day.
4. He forbade to do it.
5. She exclaimed with fear that what a terrible noise it was.
6 . He asked what was your bicycle?
7 . She said that she has been going to Kolhapur next day.
8. They said that they couldn't do it then.
9. They said that it was not all true
10. He enquired the oracle to choose him the wisest athenian because he was the only one who knew that he didn't knew anything.
Some changes while doing direct to indirect speech:-
1. Now - Then
2. Yesterday - Previous day
3. Tomorrow - Next day
4. Today - Following day
5. This - That
Changes in Tense :-
1. Present Indefinite - Past indefinite
2. Present Continuous - Past Continuous
3. Present Perfect - Past Perfect
4. Present Perfect Continuous - Past Perfect Continuous
5. Past Indefinite - Past Perfect
6. Past Continuous - Past Perfect Continuous
7. Past Perfect - No change
8. Past Perfect Continuous - No change
9. Future Indefinite - No change
10. Future Continuous - No change
11. Future Perfect - No change
12. Future Perfect Continuous - No change
Note:- The sentence in the inverted commas (") is known as reporting speech and the verb before it is known as Reporting verb.
Ex - He said, "I had done: .
Ans - He said that he had done.
Here "I had done is reported speech" whereas "said" is reported verb . As well the sentence is in Past perfect tense as mentioned above if the reported speech is in Past Perfect Tense there will be no change .
But the tense is only changed if the reporting verb is only in past tense (said) if it is in present there will be no change.
Ex - He says, "I have played"
Ans - He says that He has played.
Here the reporting verb is present so There will be no change in tense , instead of it the tense which is used in direct speech will be used in indirect speech.
If reporing verb has an object it will change to told in past and tell in present.
He said to me "He helps me"
Ans - He told me that he helped me .
Here said changed to told as their is object.
Person is changed according to this in Reported speech:-
1. 1st person changes to subject of the reporting verb.
2. 2nd person changes to object of the reporting verb. if there is no object there will be no change.
3. 3rd person doesn't change.
Rewriting the given sentences into indirect speech requires us to paraphrase the information provided:
A) He asked me to bring a book
B) He told me that I was not working hard enough
C) The girl asked her mother whether she saw the woman yesterday
D) He advised me to not do it.
E) She complained about how terrible the noise was
F) He asked which bicycle mine was
G) She said that she was going to Kolhapur tomorrow
H) They said that we won't be able to do it now
I) They stated that it was not at all true
J) He said that the oracle chose him as the wisest Athenian for he was the only one who knew that he knew nothing
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