Page No. 215
Exercise
1. Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech:
(a) He says, "I always do my duty."
✏️ He says that he always does his
duty.
(b) She says, "My mother is ill."
✏️ She says that her mother is ill.
(c) Aruna says, "I am a school girl."
✏️ Aruna says that she is a school girl.
(d) You will say, "I shall go to Shillong."
✏️ You will say that you will go to
Shillong.
(e) You said to me, "You are fortunate."
✏️ You told me that I am fortunate.
(f) He is saying to me, "I don't believe
you."
✏️ He is saying to me that he doesn't
believe me.
(g) He said to me, "Rina is a clever girl."
✏️ He told me that Rina was a clever
girl.
(h) Rama said, "I was doing my
homework."
✏️ Rama said that he had been doing
his homework.
(i) Tarun said to Barun, "You will be
happy."
✏️ Tarun told Barun that he would be
happy.
(j) Ratna said to her sister, "I have done
this."
✏️ Ratna told her sister that she had
done that.
(k) Atul said to me, "I bought a new
camera yesterday."
✏️ Atul told me that he had bought a
new camera the previous day.
(l) Father said to me, "God is good."
✏️ Father told me that God is good.
(m) I said to them, "You have done
wrong."
✏️ I told them that they had done
wrong.
(n) He said to me, "I shall not mix with
you."
✏️ He told me that he would not mix
with me.
(o)He says to me, "I shall tell you a long
story."
✏️ He tells me that he will tell me a
long story.
(p) Mridul is saying, "I can sing well."
✏️ Mirdul is saying that he can sing
well.
(q) He said to me, "Spring comes after
winter."
✏️ He told me that Spring comes after
winter.
(r) My father said to you, "I walk two
miles every morning."
✏️ My father told you that he walks two
miles every morning.
(s) She said to me, "My uncle will come
here tomorrow."
✏️ She told me that her uncle would go
there the next day.
(t) He said to you, "I visited Chandigarh
last year."
✏️ He told you that he had visited
Chandigarh last year.
2. Report the following in Direct Speech:
(a) He said that he was weak.
✏️ He said, "I am weak."
(b) You said that time and wait for
none.
✏️ You said, "Time and tide wait for
none.
(c) He said that he would go there next
day.
✏️ He said, "I shall go there tomorrow."
(d) Ram said that he had been reading
the Mahabharata.
✏️ Ram said, "I have been reading the
Mahabharat."
(e) I wrote that I would visit him next
day.
✏️ I wrote, "I shall visit you tomorrow."
(f) He said that he was tired.
✏️ He said, "I am tired."
(g) He told me that he had passed the
examination.
✏️ He said to me, "I have passed the
examination."
(h) The man told the girl that he knew
her father.
✏️ The man said the father , "I know
your father."
(i) He told me that he was very glad to
be there that evening.
✏️ He said to me, "I am very glad to be
here this evening."
Page No. 216
Exercise
1. Translate into English using both the Direct and Indirect forms of speech:
(a) দীপকে কয়, "মই খেলিবলৈ ভাল পাওঁ।"
✏️ Dipak says, "I like to play."
(b) মুকুটে কয়, "মই ফুটবল খেলা নাছিলোঁ।"
✏️ Mukut says, "I did play football."
(c) লীনাই মোক কৈছে, "মই আজি চিনেমা
চাবলৈ যায়।"
✏️ Leena says to me, "I shall go to
watch movie today."
(d) তেওঁ মোক কৈছিল, "মই আজি ভাত
নাখাওঁ।"
✏️ He said to me, "I shall not eat rice
today."
(e) বীণাই মোক কৈছিল, "মই ছবি আঁকি
আছিলোঁ।"
✏️ Bina said to me, "I was drawing
pictures."
(f) ৰমেনে দেউতাকক কৈছিল, "মই আপোনাৰ
কথা শুনিম।"
✏️ Ramen said to his father, "I shall
listen to you."
(g) শিক্ষকে আমাক কৈছিল, "চন্দ্ৰই পৃথিৱীৰ
চাৰিওফালে ঘূৰে।"
✏️ The teacher said to us, "The moon
moves round the earth."
(h) তেওঁ দেউতাক কৈছিল, "মই সদায় গীতা
পাঠ কৰোঁ।"
✏️ He said to his father, "I always read
the Gita."
(i) দীপকে মাকক কৈছিল,"মই আজি নপঢ়োঁ।"
✏️ Dipak said to his mother, "I shall not
read today."
(j) লতিকাই মোক কৈছিল, "দেউতাই কালি ঘৰ
পালেহে।"
✏️ Lotika said to me, "Father arrived
home yesterday."
Page No. 219
Exercise
1. Turn into the Indirect form of Speech:
(a) Raj said to Rumi, "Are you hungry?"
✏️ Raj asked Rumi if she was hungry.
(b) He said to me, "Will you listen to
me?"
✏️He asked me if I would listen to him.
(c) I said to the boy, "Have you anything
to say?"
✏️ I asked the boy if he had anything to
say.
(d) The mother said to her son, "Did you
hear what your father said?"
✏️ The mother asked her son if he had
heard what his father had said.
(e) He said to me, "May I have a cup of
tea?"
✏️ He asked me if I might have a cup
of tea.
(f) Hiron is saying, "Where will you go?"
✏️ Hiron is saying where I shall go.
(g) They said to me, "Why have you
come here?"
✏️ They asked me why I had gone
there.
(h) I said to the woman, "Do you know
me?"
✏️ I asked the woman if she knew me.
(i) He said to me, "Why do you look
sad?"
✏️ He asked me why I looked sad.
(j) He said to his friend, "How long have
you been waiting for me here?"
✏️ He asked his friend how long he had
been waiting for him there.
(k) I said to him, "Shall I go home now?"
✏️ I asked him if I would go home then.
2. Turn into Direct Speech:
(a) I am asking him if he plays football.
✏️ I am asking him, "Do you play
football?"
(b) The teacher asked me if I knew how
to swim.
✏️ The teacher said to me, "Do you
know how to swim?"
(c) I enquired of him if it was true.
✏️ I said to him, "Is it true?"
(d) You asked me why I had failed.
✏️ You said to me, "Why did you fail?"
(e) He asked me what my name was.
✏️ He said to me, "What is your name?"
(f) I asked them whether they had seen
the Tajmahal.
✏️ I said to them, "Have you seen the
Tajmahal?"
(g) Arun asked me how old I was.
✏️ Arun said to me, "How old are you?"
(h) She asked him if he would help her.
✏️ She said to him, "Will you help me?"
(i) I asked him if he knew English.
✏️ I said to him, "Do you know
English?"
(j) They enquired of me who I was.
✏️ They said to me, " Who are you?"
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