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    EXERCISE SET-1

    A Identify whether the following sentences are in direct or indirect speech:-

    1. “We have been waiting here for hours,” they complained.


    2. She said that she was going to Paris the following month.
    3. “She plays the piano beautifully,” he remarked.
    4. “I want to be a doctor when I grow up,” she said.
    5. “I have lived here for ten years,” he stated.
    6. He stated that he had finished reading that book the previous week.
    7. “He can speak three languages fluently,” they informed us.
    8. He mentioned that he had a busy schedule that week.
    9. She suggested that they should have dinner together.
    10.“I can’t attend the meeting tomorrow,” he explained.
    11.They explained that they had finished the project the previous night.
    12.I said to her, “When do you do your homework.”

    B. Convert the following sentences into indirect speech:

    1. I said to the teacher, “I am working hard.”


    2. The traveler said to me, “Can you tell me the way to the nearest inn?”
    3. He said, “What a great misery!”
    4. I said to the teacher, “I am sorry”.
    5. He said to me, “Trust in God and do the right.”
    6. He said to me, “You played very well yesterday.”
    7.“She is writing a novel,” he mentioned.
    8.He said, “She lives in Amritsar.”
    9.Prem said to Pran, “Were you present at the meeting?”
    10.The teacher said to the boy, “Shut the door.”
    11. The spectators said, “Bravo well played, Mohan!”
    12. He said, “The train will be late.”.
    Answers:
    1. I told the teacher I was working hard.
    2. The traveler asked me if I could tell him the way to the nearest inn.
    3. He exclaimed that it was a great misery.
    4. I told the teacher I was sorry
    5. He advised me to trust in God and do the right.
    6. He told me that I had played very well the previous day.
    7. He mentioned that she was writing a novel.
    8. He said that she lives in Amritsar.
    9. Prem asked Pran if he had been present at the meeting.
    10.The teacher asked the boy to shut the door.
    11.The spectators applauded Mohan saying that he had played well.
    12.He said that the train will be late.
    Exercise Set 2: Change the Sentences
    A. Change the following Direct speech sentences to Indirect speech:

    1. Sahil said to me, “When are you returning? “


    2. “What is the time?” the stranger asked Ashna.
    3. The professor said to Shipra, “Why are you quiet? “
    4. Dhronacharya said to Arjun, “Aim at the fish’s eye. “
    5. “Bring the witness,” said the judge.
    6. “Ring the Fire-brigade,” said the woman.
    7. Bobby said to me, “I must do the homework.”
    8. My brother told me, “You were right.”
    9. Sharma told me, “Please sit here till I come back.”
    10.The coach said, “Bravo! You have performed excellently.”
    11.Raju said, “Alas! My kitty got injured.”
    12.Romi said, “I may come to the seminar”
    13.Bunny said to Sunny, “Do you see me?”
    14.The little kid said, “Let me sit here.”
    15.Grandpa said, “May God bless you.”
    16.“Call the first convict,” said the jury.
    17.“Call the ambulance,” said the man.
    18.Bruce said to me, “I shall do the work.”
    19.My mother said to me, “You were wrong.”
    20.Mr Richard said to me, “Please wait here till I return.”
    21.The captain said to me, “Bravo! You have played well.”
    22.Raj said, “Alas! My pet died.”
    23.Ruchi said, “I may go there.”
    24.Bucky said to Steve, “Do you hear me?”
    25.The boy said, “Let me come in.”
    Answers:
    1. Sahil asked me when I was returning.
    2. The stranger asked Ashna what the time was.
    3. The professor asked Shipra Why she was quiet.
    4. Dhronacharya ordered Arjuna to aim at the fish’s eye.
    5. The judge ordered to bring the witness.
    6. The woman urged to ring the fire brigade.
    7. Bobby said to me he had to do the homework.
    8. My brother told me that I was right.
    9. Sharma requested me to sit here till she comes back.
    10.The coach applauded me by saying that I had performed excellently.
    11.Raju told sadly that his kitty got injured.
    12.Romi said that she might come to the seminar.
    13.Bunny asked Sunny if he saw him.
    14.The little kid requested to let him sit here.
    15.Grandpa blessed me that God might bless me.
    16.The jury ordered to call the first convict.
    17.The man urged to call the ambulance.
    18.Bruce said to me he would do the work.
    19.My mother told me that I was wrong.
    20.Mr Richard requested me to wait there till he returned.
    21.The captain applauded me, saying that I had played well.
    22.Raj exclaimed sadly that his pet died.
    23.Ruchi said that she might go there.
    24.Bucky asked Steve if he heard him.
    25.The boy asked to let him come in.

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