Question

Read the conversation given below and complete the passage that follows: (4)
Detective: What were you doing yesterday between 10-10.30 pm?
Suraj: I was walking my dog in the park.
Detective: Did you meet anyone in the park?
Suraj: I saw two men sitting on a bench.
The detective asked Suraj (a) __________________________________________________.

Suraj replied that (b) _________________________________________________________.

The detective then asked him (c) ________________________________________________.

Suraj replied that (d) _________​

Answer 1

Answer:

➸ The detective asked Suraj what was he doing the day before between 10-10.30 pm.

➸ Suraj replied that he was walking his dog in the park.

➸ The detective then asked him if he met anyone in the park.

➸ Suraj replied that he saw two men sitting on a bench.

DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

The reported speech of the indirect speech is mostly written in past tense.

Some rules :

• is/am/are - was/were
• was/were - had been
• had been - no change
• has/have - had
• had - no change
• do - did
• did - had done
• had done - no change

Answer 2

Answer:

☞ The detective asked Suraj that what was he doing the previous day between 10 - 10:30 pm.

☞ Suraj replied that he was walking his dog in the park.

☞ The detective then asked him that did he met anyone in the park.

☞ Suraj replied that he saw two men sitting on the bench.

Explanation:

⚩ Some time expressions and place :-

$\begin{tabular}{ | c | l | } \cline{1-2} Direct Speech & Indirect Speech \\ \cline{1-2} this & that \\ \cline{1-2} these & those \\ \cline{1-2} now & then \\ \cline{1-2} ago & before \\ \cline{1-2} today & that day \\ \cline{1-2} yesterday & the previous day, the day before \\ \cline{1-2} tomorrow & the next day, the following day \\ \cline{1-2} tonight & that night \\ \cline{1-2} next week & the following week \\ \cline{1-2} here & there \cline{1-2} \cline{1-2} \end{tabular}$

⚩ If the reporting verb is in the past tense, tenses in the reported speech are changed to the past tense :-

$\boxed{\begin{minipage}{7 cm} Reported Speech :- \\ \\ \\ do/does changes to did \\ \\ is/am/are changes to was/were \\ \\ has/have changes to had \\ \\ did changes to had done \\ \\ had done changes to had done(no change) \\ \\ shall changes to should \\ \\ will changes to would \\ \\ may changes to might \\ \\ can changes to could \end{minipage}}$

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