Rewrite the following into indirect speech. Pay close attention to the
tenses.
1. He said, "I will meet you outside the post office tomorrow."
2. The teacher told us, "The boiling point of water is hundred degree celsius."
3. "When I dropped the jug, it smashed to pieces," my little brother says.
4. The stranger said, "I have seen you."
5. The mechanic said, "Your car is ready now.”
6. He said, “I have a headache.”
7. Manu said, “I am very busy now.”
8. “I am living in a big cottage near the riverbed,” she said to us.
9. “My sister has been staying with her aunt for many years,” he told her.
10. She said, “I am going to college.”
Answers
Answer:
1) he said that he'll meet you outside the post office next day.
2)the teacher explained us that the boiling point of water is 100 degree Celsius
3) my little brother told that when he dropped the jug, it smashed to pieces.
4)the stranger told me that he saw me.
5)the mechanic informed me that the car was ready.
6)he told that he had headache.
7) Manu said that she is very busy at that time.
8)she told us that she was living in a big cottage near the riverbed.
9) he told her that her sister was staying with her aunt for many years.
10) she informed that she is going to college.
Answer:
1. He said that he would meet me outside the post office at three the following afternoon.
2. The teacher told us that the freezing point of water is 0oC.
3. My little brother says that when he dropped the jug, it smashed to pieces.
4. The man said that he had seen me somewhere before.
5. The mechanic said that my car had been ready the night before, but I had not gone to get it.
6. Helen says that when her examination is over, she will visit me.
7. He said that he would return my magazines the next day.
8. The man said that his car had broken down and that he had had to walk two kilometers to get to a phone-booth.
9. She told us that an English play was being held in the school hall then.
10. My father told me that the building had burnt down many years before we moved there.