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Exercise
1. Turn into the Indirect form of Speech:
(a) Raj said to Rumi, "Are you 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.
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(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 I 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 have you
failed?"
(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 Taj Mahal.
✏️ I said to them, " Have you seen the
Taj Mahal."
(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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