Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows : All : Omar, why don't you leave this place ?Inn drop you on my way back home.
Omar : I have no home.
All : Where have you come from ?
Omar : From Tunisia.
All asked Omar ........... and offered to (b) Omar replied that he had no home. Then
All asked (c) ........... Omar replied that he had come from Tunisia.
Answers
All asked Omar to leave that place and offered to drop him on his way back home.
Omar replied that he had no home. Then
All asked Omar where he had come from. Omar replied that he had come from Tunisia.
- The sentences are given in the direct speech and we have transformed it into indirect speech.
- Indirect speech is used to address the words of the speaker without quoting his/her words directly.
For transformation into the indirect speech, certain changes are required-
1. Reporting verb is changed.
2. Tense is changed( in some cases).
3. Reporting verb is followed by 'that' in most of the cases.
Answer:
All asked Omar to leave that place and offered to drop him on his way back home.
Omar replied that he had no home. Then
All asked Omar where he had come from. Omar replied that he had come from Tunisia.
The sentences are given in the direct speech and we have transformed it into indirect speech.
Indirect speech is used to address the words of the speaker without quoting his/her words directly.
Explanation: