Question

*Read the conversation between the persons and then complete the blanks given in the reported speech*
Rahul: do you know that David was hit by a two wheeler yesterday?
Varun: oh no!when did it happen?
Rahul: he was hit by a scooter.
Varun: oh!I am sorry.

*1. Rahul asked Varun if he knew that David-------------*
*2. Varun expressed amazement and asked---------*
*3. Rahul told him that--------*
*4. Varun expressed that--------*​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Rahul asked to Varun if he knew that David was hit by a two wheeler yesterday.

2. Varun expressed Amazement and asked oh no! when did it happen ?

3. Rahul told him that he was hit by a scooter.

4. Varun expressed oh! I am sorry.

Answer 2

1. David had been hit by a two-wheeler the previous day.

2. Asked when it had happened.

3. Rahul told him that he had been hit by a scooter while he was returning from school.

4. Varun expressed that he was sorry.

EXPLANATION

• Indirect speech is the way of reporting someone else's utterance without directly quoting it.
• The rules to convert a direct speech into indirect speech are given below;

1. The reporting speech should be changed to past tense unless the repoting verb is in present or future tense.
2. All the inverted commas are removed. The sentence end in a full stop(.).
3. Certain words such as yesterday in direct speech is changed to 'the previous day'.
4. The reporting verb of a interrogative sentence is changed to 'asked'.
5. The interjectory words of exclamatory sentences are omited along the exclamatory mark.

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