Question : Change the following sentences into indirect speech:
(2012)
Answer : (i) Anil to Ajay : “Why don’t you join us for a party on Saturday?”
Ans: Anil asked Ajay why didn’t he join them for a party on Sunday.
(ii) Mrs Nair to Mr Shah : “Good Morning! There’s a small problem I want to speak to you about.”
Ans: Mrs Nasir said to Mr Shah that there was a small problem he wanted to speak to him about.
(iii) Jack to Parimala : “How was your trip to ....
Question : Change the following sentence into indirect speech.
(2010)
Answer : (i) He wrote in his letter, “I saw Poonam at the theater a couple of days ago”.
Ans: He wrote in his letter that he had seen Poonam at the theatre a couple of days before.
(ii) The forecast says, “It will rain tomorrow”
Ans: The forecast says that it would rain next day.
(iii) He said to me, “it would be nice if I could see you again”.
Ans: He told me that it would be nice if he ....
Question : Change each one of the following sentences into indirect speech
(2008)
Answer : (i) Amrita said to me, “Why didn’t you attend my class?”
Ans: Amrita asked me why I had not attended her class.
(ii) My father said to me, “Wash your clothes.”
Ans: My father suggested me to wash my clothes.
(iii) Our teacher said, “The earth revolves arround the sun.”
Ans: Our teacher said that the Earth revolves round the Sun.
(iv) Meera said,”The earth revolves around the sun.”
Ans: Meera said that the plane had landed.
(v) Our ....
Question : Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech:
(2006)
Answer : (i) He said, “I will not approve of such a behaviour in future.”
Ans: He said that he would not approve of such behaviour in future
(ii) He said on the telephone, “We kept on doing our work till late night.”
Ans: He said on the telephone that they had kept on doing their work till late night.
(iii) She said, “As your mother is ill, you must go home at once.”
Ans: She said that I must go home ....
Question : Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech:
(2005)
Answer : (i) He said, I am too ill to speak now.
Ans: He said that he was too ill to speak then.
(ii) The policeman said to the man, Where are you going?
Ans: The policeman asked the man, where was he going?
(iii) She said to her children, Let me work undisturbed.
Ans: She asked her children not to disturb.
(iv) He said to the students, Do not sit here.
Ans: He told the students not to sit there.
(v) ....
