Question

Reporting a conversation is a regular feature in any English Question paper so should be mastered with utmost accuracy. Test yourself by changing the narration of the given conversation:
A professor who was crossing a river in a boat asked the boatman, “Can you read and write?”
“No,” said the boatman.
“You have wasted 40 percent of your life,” said the professor. “Do you know how to sing?”
“No,” said the boatman. ”I don’t.”
“Then you’ve wasted another 40 percent of your life,” said the professor.
Just then a huge wave came up causing the boat to capsize. However, the boatman was able to pull the professor out of water.
“Do you know how to swim?” the boatman asked the professor.
“No,” said the professor.
“Then you might have wasted 100 percent of your life,” said the boatman.
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Answer 1

Explanation:

A professor who was crossing a river in a boat asked the boatman if he can read and write.the boatman said no.then the professor told that the boat man has wasted 40 percent of his life. then the professor asked if he knew how to sing.the boatman said no.then the professor said that the boatman has wasted another 40 percent of his life.

Just then a huge wave came up causing the boat to capsize. However, the boatman was able to pull the professor out of water.

the boatman asked the professor of he knew how to swim

the professor said no.yhe boatman said that the professor has thus wasted his whole life.

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