Returning home,my mother said to me,"Your progress in studies is very slow.You always movel about with a group of your friends.Aren't you idling away your time with them?can't you be more serious?""I'm sorry and I will amend myself, "I replied
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Answer:
Returning home,my mother said to me that my progress in studies was very slow. I always moved about with a group of my friends. She asked me if I was not idling away my time with them. She further asked me whether I couldn't be more serious. I replied that I was sorry and I would amend myself.
Explanation:
The 1 and 4 sentences were statements. When we change the narration of a simple statement, we do the following changes in the given sentence:
1. We connect reporting verb clause with quoted speech (direct speech) using 'that'
2. We change the tense of the quoted speech into the past tense.
3. We change the pronouns according to the subject and object pronouns or nouns.
The 3 and 4 sentences were interrogative sentences. These were Helping-Verb Interrogative Case. While reporting such cases we apply the following rules:
1. Use conjunction 'if' or 'whether' to join the reporting verb with the speech to be reported.
2. Convert the interrogative into statement.
3. Change the pronouns and tenses as per the reported speech rules.
Answer:
Returning home, my mother said to me that my progress in studies was very slow. I always moved about with a group of my friends. She asked me if I was not idling away my time with them. She further asked me whether I couldn't be more serious. I replied that I was sorry and I would I amend myself.