Question

Read the conversation given below and then complete the blanks in the passage.
Ramu Are you planning a picnic?
Sonu No, I am not.
Ramu Why do you not come with me?
Sonu I can't come with you as I have some work to do.
Kamu asked Sonu (a) ................. Sonu replied in the negative and said (b) ...... Then ramu
asked him (c) .............. Finally, Sonu replied that (d)
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Answer 1

Answer:

(a) was he planning a picnic

(b) he was not

(c) why did not he come with him

(d) he could not come with him as he had some work to be done

Answer 2

Ramu asked Sonu if he was planning  a picnic. Sonu replied in negative that he was not. Then Ram asked him why does he not come with him. finally Sonu replied that he could not come as he was having work to do

Explanation:

• The above is a case of converting indirect speech to direct speech. Indirect speech is a way of conveying the content of questions, statements, or other expressions, sans citing them explicitly as it is done in direct speech.
• Indirect speech is also referred to as reported speech, wherein we report what somebody told without speech marks and sans using precisely the same words.
• In grammar, when we report somebody else’s statement in our own words without changing the meaning of that statement, it is known as indirect speech.
• That is quoting an individual’s words sans using his/her own words and bringing around any change to the meaning of that statement is known as indirect speech or reported speech.

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