Question

Reported speech
1. Mother: Have you been studying all night, son?
Son: Yes, mamma.
Mother: Take rest for atleast an hour before your exam.
Son: Ok, mamma, but I’m not as tired as you think. Still, I shall take some rest.
The mother asked her son (a) ____________. The son said (b) ___________ . The mother
advised her son (c) ____________ before his exam. The son agreed and (d) ____________. However, he (e) ___________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Reported speech

The mother asked her son if he had been studying all night. The son replied in affirmative. The mother

advised her son to take rest for at least an hour before his exam. The son agreed and told her that he was not so tired as she thought.However,he will take some rest.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The mother asked her son (a) had he been studying all night . The son said (b) yes he was. The mother advised her son (c) to take rest for atleast an hour before his exam . The son agreed but (d) said that he was not as tired as she thought. However, he (e) said he shall take some rest.

Explanation:

• 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.