Exercise
1. Turn into the indirect form of speech:
(a) The master said to his servant, "Go out of the room."
(b) He said to them, "Don't tell a lie."
Ans: He advised them not to tell a lie.
(c) I said to my friend, "Please lend me your pen."
Ans: I requested my friend to lend me his pen.
(d) He said to his master, "Forgive me, sir."
Ans: He requested his master to forgive him.
(e) I said to my teacher, "Please explain the passage."
Ans: I requested my teacher to explain the passage.
(f) Father said to me, "Be polite to others."
Ans: Father advised me to be polite to others.
(g) He said to the boy, "Wait here till I come back."
Ans: He told the boy to wait there till he came back.
(h) The captain said to the soldiers, "Fire on the enemy."
Ans: The Captain commanded the soldiers to fire on the enemy.
(i) I said to him, "Don't laugh at the lame man."
Ans: I told them not to laugh at the lame man.
(j) He said to me, "Let us try again."
Ans: He proposed to me that we should try again.
(k) She said to her brother, "Let us go to the zoo."
Ans: She proposed to her brother the should go to the zoo.
(l) I said, "Let him read the poem."
Ans: I wished that he might be allowed to read the poem.
(m) He said to them, "Friends, follow me."
Ans: Addressing them as friends he told them to follow him.
2. Turn into the Direct form of Speech:
(a) I requested him to lend me some money.
Ans: I said to him, "Lend me some money."
(b) He told me to go home.
Ans: He said to me, "Go home."
(c) My uncle advised me not to mix with bad boys.
Ans: My uncle said to me, "Don't mix with bad boys."
(d) I proposed that we should play then.
Ans: I said, "Let us play now."
(e) He advised me not to waste time.
Ans: He said to me, "Don't waste time."
(f) He requested them to lend him their ears.
Ans: He said to them, "Lend me your ears."
(g) He wished that he might have a cup of tea.
Ans: He said, "May I have a cup of tea."
(h) He told me not to disturb him.
Ans: He said to me, "Do not disturb me."
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Exercise
1. Translate into English using both Direct and Indirect forms of speech:
(a) তেওঁ মোক কৈছিল, "মনপুতি পঢ়া।"
Ans: He said to me, "Read attentively."
(b) আয়ে মোক কৈছিল, "দুষ্ট ল'ৰাৰ লগত নুফুৰিবা।"
Ans: The grandmother said to me, "Do not mix with the bad boys."
(c) সেনাপতিয়ে সৈন্যসকলক কৈছিল, "শত্ৰুক আক্ৰমণ কৰা।"
Ans: The Captain said to the soldiers, "Attack the enemy."
(d) সি দেউতাকক কৈছিল, "অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি মোক এশ টকা ধাৰলৈ দিয়ক।"
Ans: He said to his father, "Please lend me a hundred rupees note."
(e) তেওঁ মোক ক'লে, " মোক ৰবিবাৰে লগ ধৰিবা।"
Ans: He said to me, "Meet me on Sunday."
(f) মই তেওঁক কলোঁ, "বলা, ফুৰিবলৈ যাওঁ।"
Ans: I said to him, "Let us go to walk."
(g) তেওঁ ল'ৰাজনক কৈছিল, "জুইৰ লগত ধেমালি নকৰিবা।"
Ans: He said to the boys, " Don't play with the fire."
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Exercise
1. Turn into Indirect Speech:
(a) The old man said to me, "May God bless you."
Ans: The old man prayed that God might bless me.
(b) He said to Prakash, "May you have a son."
Ans: He wished that Prakash might have a son.
(c) Mother said to me, "God bless you."
Ans: Mother prayed that God bless me.
(d) The players said, "Hurrah! We are winner."
Ans: The players cried out with joy that they were winner.
(e) He said, "How nice is the moon!"
Ans: He cried out in surprise that the moon was very beautiful.
(f) He said, "Good-bye, my brother!"
Ans: He bade good bye to his brother.
(g) The girl said, "What a beautiful rose it is!"
Ans: The girl cried out in surprise that it was a beautiful rose.
(h) "Bravo! well done!" We cried.
Ans: We applauded saying that we had done well.
(i) He said to me, "How happy you are!"
Ans: He exclaimed that I was very happy.
(j) You said, "Good morning, Mr. Baruah!"
Ans: You wished Mr. Baruah good morning.
2. Turn into Direct Speech:
(a) He wished that you might live long.
Ans: He said to me, "May you live long."
(b) He wished (prayed) that I might prosper in life.
Ans: He said to me, "May you prosper in life."
(c) He exclaimed with grief that he was ruined.
Ans: He said, "Alas! I am ruined."
(d) I bade good-bye to my friend.
Ans: I said, "Good-bye, my friend."
(e) You exclaimed with sorrow that you were very unlucky.
Ans: You said, "What a unlucky I am!"
(f) He bade good-night to his native land.
Ans: He said, "Good night, my native land."
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Miscellaneous Exercise
Change the Narrations:
1. He said, "My friend is waiting outside."
Ans: He said that his friend was waiting outside.
2. He asked me if I would give him a pen.
Ans: He said to me, "Will you give me a pen?"
3. John said, "Mary, will you go to school today?"
Ans: John asked Mary if she would go to school that day.
4. He requested Sita to hold the candle.
Ans: He said to Sita, "Hold the candle."
5. He said to me, "Please wait here till I return."
Ans: He requested me to wait there till he return.
6. The teacher said that truth wins in the long run.
Ans: The teacher said, "Truth wins in the long run."
7. He said, "I will visit Delhi tomorrow."
Ans: He said that he would visit Delhi the next day.
8. Lucy asked her friend if he was going to the party.
Ans: Lucy said to her friend, "Are you going to the party?"
9. Gita said to me, "I shall go by the school bus."
Ans: Gita told me that she would go by the school bus.
10. He said to me, "Let me go with my work."
Ans: He wished that he might be allowed to go with his work.
11. The teacher said to me, "Have you read this book?"
Ans: The teacher asked me if I had read the book.
12. He told me that he would not be able to help me.
Ans: He said to me, "I will not be able to help you."
13. The people cried, "We have witnessed the battle."
Ans: The people said that they had witnessed the battle.
14. "Do you have a good journey?" The host asked me.
Ans: The host asked me if I had a good journey.
15. "Why didn't you bring your sleeping bag?" The host asked me.
Ans: The host asked me why I hadn't brought sleeping bag.
16. The man said to me, "Do you play tennis?"
Ans: The man asked me if I played tennis.
17. The man said to me, "Are you a student?"
Ans: The man asked me if I was a student.
18. I replied that I was not.
Ans: I said, "I am not."
19. "I know you well," The man said to me.
Ans: The man told me that he knew me well.
20. I asked him if he was ill.
Ans: I said to him, "Are you I'll?"
21. He said to me, "Where is your book?"
Ans: He asked me where my book was.
22. I replied that I had lost that.
Ans: I said, "I have lost the list."
23. He said to me, "Why did you do it?"
Ans: He asked me why I had done that.
24. I replied that I had not done that.
Ans: I said, "I have not done it."
25. He said to me, "I know you."
Ans: He told me that he knew me.
26. He asked me if I could help him.
Ans: He said to me, "Can you help me?"
27. My friends tell me, "You will be a great man one day."
Ans: My friends tell me that I would be a great man one day.
28. The teacher advised Reba not to waste her time.
Ans: The teacher said to Reba, "Do not waste your time."
29. He said, "I shall post the letter tomorrow."
Ans: He said that he would post the letter the next day.
30. The boy asked me if I knew him.
Ans: The boy said to me, "Do you know me?"
31. Arun said, "I don't know the boy."
Ans: Arun said that he didn't know the boy.
32. I asked the boy if he had answered all the questions.
Ans: I said to the boy, " Have you answered all the questions?"
33. Kamal said to me, "You are wrong."
Ans: Kamal told me that I was wrong.
34. He said, "I can give you only five rupees."
Ans: He said that he could give me only five rupees.
35. Raju said to me, "I shall buy a new watch tomorrow."
Ans: Raju told me that he would buy a new watch the day after.
36. He said, "I bought the book yesterday."
Ans: He said that he had bought the book the day before.
37. Kanak said that he did not know how he had taken the pen.
Ans: Kanak said, "I don't know how I have taken the pen."
38. Mohan said, "I was ill yesterday."
Ans: Mohan said that he had been ill the day before.
39. She said to me, " I met him in 1996."
Ans: She told me that he had met him in 1996.
40.She said, "I shall come here again,"
Ans: She said that she would go there again.
41. The boy said, "We are playing."
Ans: The boy said that they were playing.
42. My sister said to me, "I sent you the book."
Ans: My sister told me that she had sent me the book.
43. "I have fled away from home." said the boy to the police officer.
Ans: The boy told the police officer that he had fled away from home .
44. Sidda asked Mr. Sibshankar, "Do you want a servant?"
Ans: Sidda said to Mr Sibshankar if he wanted a servant.
45. You said to me, "Do you play football?"
Ans: You asked me if I played football.
46. "Have they come?" She enquired.
Ans: She enquired if they had come.
47. The teacher said to the boys, "Why are you making noise?"
Ans: The teacher asked the boys why they were making noise.
48. The police officer said to the man, "Where do you live?"
Ans: The police officer asked the man where he lived.
49. The teacher said to the boy, 'Where did you go yesterday?"
Ans: The teacher told the boy where he had gone the day before.
50. The old mouse said, "Who will bell the cat?
Ans: The old mouse asked who would bell the cat.
51. Tarun said that he didn't know how to swim.
Ans: Tarun said, "I don't know how to swim?"
52. The man sitting beside Ajoy asked him when the bus would leave.
Ans: The man sitting beside Ajoy said, "When will the bus leave?"
53. He said, "I have finished my work."
Ans: He said that he had finished his work.
54. I told him that he was wrong.
Ans: I said to him, "You are wrong."
55. He told me that he had seen me the day before.
Ans: He said to me, "I saw you yesterday."
56. "May God help me in my journey from this to the other word," said Socrates.
Ans: Socrates said that God might help him in his journey from that to other world.
57. "I made some money yesterday," said Anil.
Ans: Anil said that he had some money the day before.
58. Lila suggested to me that we should have a picnic.
Ans: Lila said to me, "Let us have a picnic.
59. She regretted that he was great fool.
Ans: She said, "Alas! I am fool."
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