Question

Read the conversation given below and complete the passage that follows :-

Jones : The soup is cold again. Why do I never have hot soup ?
Wife : It is because the kitchen is so far from the dining room.


Mr.Jones complained (a) _______. He wondered why (b) ________ hot soup. His wife explained (c)______ because (d) _________ from the dining room.

Answer 1

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Here's your required answer :

Mr Jones complained (a) that the soup was cold again. He wondered why (b) he never had hot soup. His wife explained (c) that it was because (d) the kitchen was very far from the dining room.

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Answer 2

Direct speech to indirect speech:

Mr. Jones complained that the soup was cold again. He wondered why he never had hot soup.

His wife explained that it was because the kitchen was very far from the dining room.

Note: "so" in the direct speech becomes "very" in the indirect speech.