Question

Venu: Suppandi, what are you doing standing all alone here?

Suppandi: Uncle, I am trying to win a Nobel prize.

Venu: How will standing in my rice field help you win a Nobel?

Suppandi: I have heard that the people who have Nobel prizes were all out standing in various

fields

Venu asked Suppandi-------------------standing all alone here. Addressing Venu as Uncle, Suppandi

replied--------------to win a Nobel Prize . At this Venu further asked him ------------help him win a

Nobel. Suppandi replied ----------that the people who had Nobel prizes were all out standing in

various fields.

reporting speech​

Answer 1

The sentences in the reported speech are:

Venu asked Suppandi what he was doing standing all alone here. Addressing Venu as Uncle, Suppandi  replied that he was trying to win a Nobel Prize . At this Venu further asked him how would standing in his rice field help him win a  Nobel. Suppandi replied that he had heard that the people who had Nobel prizes were all outstanding in  various fields.

• The given sentences are in the direct speech. We have changed them into the indirect or reported speech.
• Indirect speech is used to address the words of the speaker without directly quoting them.
• Certain changes are made while changing a sentence into the indirect form: Reporting verb and Tense

Answer 2

Answer:

i) what he was doing

ii) that he was trying

iii) how would standing in his rice field

iv) that he had heard