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Reported Speech VIII

The document provides exercises on converting direct speech into indirect speech, including examples and multiple-choice questions. It emphasizes the rules of reported speech, such as changes in tenses and pronouns, and includes practice work for dialogue conversion. Additionally, it contains an activity for creating dialogues and transforming them into indirect speech.

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Reported Speech VIII

The document provides exercises on converting direct speech into indirect speech, including examples and multiple-choice questions. It emphasizes the rules of reported speech, such as changes in tenses and pronouns, and includes practice work for dialogue conversion. Additionally, it contains an activity for creating dialogues and transforming them into indirect speech.

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Ch -15

Reported Speech

Ex:1. Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech.

a. "Please speak a bit slowly so that I can take the notes correctly", I said to the teacher.

- I requested the teacher to speak a bit slowly so that I could take the notes correctly.

b. " Leave the room at once and do not show me your face again", said the officer angrily to the
peon.

- The officer angrily commanded the peon to leave the room at once and not to show him his
face again.

c. "Let's invite some friends to Sumi's birthday", said the mother. " Let's not", said the father.

- The mother proposed that they should invite some friends to Sumi's birthday. The father
opposed the idea.

Note : Let is often used to make proposals; the reporting verb is changed to suggest/propose.

d. The stranger said to me, " Who are you? "

- The stranger asked me who I was.

e. He said, " Thank You! "

- He thanked me.

f. The saint said, " May God bless you! "

- The saint prayed that God might bless me/ The saint blessed me.

Ex. 2: Report this conversation between Sarita and Puneet in Indirect speech.

Sarita :Where's Indu?

Puneet : Gone for her dance class.

Sarita: Does she go for her lessons everyday?

Puneet: No, only twice a week.

Sarita asked Puneet where Indu was. Puneet informed her that Indu had gone for her dance
class. Sarita wanted to know whether she went for her lessons everyday. Puneet told her that
she went only twice a week.

Ex. 3: Multiple Choice Questions

Q.1 With reference to the direct speech which of the following statement is/are true?

1. The direct speech is always within inverted commas.

2. Tenses and personal pronouns undergo certain changes.

3. Modal 'must' be changed into 'had.

4. Conjunction is not used to join the reported speech.

i. Only 1

ii. Only 1 & 2 (ans)

iii. Only 2 & 3

iv. Only 4

Q. 2 He said, " Let us have dinner there. "

i. He proposed that we had dinner there. (Ans)

ii. He proposed that we have dinner there.

iii. He says that we had dinner there.

iv. He said that we should have dinner there.

Q. 3 If reported speech expresses a universal truth it's....................... Remain unchanged.

i. Conjunction

ii. Infinitive

iii. Tense ( ans)

iv. Inverted commas

Q. 4 Given below are two statements marked as ASSERTION 'A' and Reason 'R'. Read both
statements carefully & choose the correction option.

Assertion A - 'Alas! ' It can't be this bad" he said.


Reasoning R - He explained with sorrow that it could not be that bad.

I. Both A & R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

II. Both A & R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.

III. A is correct but R is incorrect.

IV. A is incorrect but R is correct.

Practice Work

Ex1. Read the following conversation and complete the passage given below.

Smith: How are you Tom?

Tom: Life is rather tough. I desperately need a job.

Smith : We have a vacancy in our office for the post of an Accounts officer.

Tom: I have five years experience in a reputed firm as an accounts officer.

Smith: Will you like to go abroad?

Smith on meeting John asked him (a) . ................... . Tom replied that (b) ..................... . Smith
told him (c) ................. . On that Tom said that (d) ................ . Smith enquired (e) .................. .

Activity: PRACTICE WORK

Write a dialogue between:

a. A tiger behind bars and his master.

b. Master behind bars and the tiger.

Convert the dialogues in Indirect speech

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