AN APPROACH TO ENGLISH GRAMMAR & COMPOSITION | PART - I | Chapter 27 : Direct and Indirect Speech | Page 219-220


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                           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.

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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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