Question

Read the conversation between Mrs.Clifford and Mrs.Gupta in the story ‘The Price of Flowers’. Rewrite this conversation into reported speech. (4) Mrs.Clifford: What kind of country is India,sir? Mr.Gupta : A beautiful country. Mrs.Clifford: Safe to live in? Mr.Gupta : Certainly. But not cold like this country

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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• Direct reported speech

Mrs.Clifford asked "What kind of country is India, sir?"

"A beautiful country." replied Mr.Gupta.

Mrs.Clifford questioned "Safe to live in? "

"Certainly. But not cold like this country." answered Mr.Gupta.

• Indirect reported speech

Mrs.Clifford asked Mr.Gupta what kind of country India is.

Mr.Gupta replied by saying that India is a beautiful country.

Mrs.Clifford questioned Mr.Gupta whether India is safe to live in or not.

Mr.Gupta answered that certainly India is safe to live in but not cold like the country they are presently living in.

Explanation:

Reported speech is the process of telling some other person what the speaker said, either by using the person's actual words by quoting it (Direct reported speech) or reporting it with their own words by using suitable tenses and references of the nouns (Indirect reported speech ).

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