Exercises (extracted from englishgrammar): Ex1: Change the following into indirect speech.
1. The girl said, ‘It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening.’
2. The man said, ‘I must go as soon as possible.’
3. She said, ‘I don’t want to see any of you; go away.’
4. The teacher says, ‘If you work hard, you will pass.’
5. He said, ‘I have won.’
6. He said, ‘Let’s wait for her return.’
7. Alice said, ‘How clever I am!’
8. ‘Which way did she go?’ asked the young man.
9. He said to me, ‘Where are you going?’
10. ‘Please wait here till I return,’ she told him.
Answers:
1. The girl said that it gave her great pleasure to be there that evening.
2. The man said that he must go as soon as possible.
3. She said that she did not want to see any of them and asked them to go away.
4. The teacher says that if you work hard you will pass.
5. He said that he had won.
6. He proposed that they should wait for her return.
7. Alice exclaimed how clever she was.
8. The young man asked which way she had gone.
9. He asked me where I was going.
10. She requested them to wait there till she returned.
Ex2: Complete the following sentences.
1. He said that he ...................... a toothache.
has got
had got
have got
2. Manu said that he .................... very busy then.
is
was
had been
3. She told us ....................
that hurry up
to hurry up
4. He asked her ........................ him a cup of water.
give
giving
to give
5. She said that she ...................... going to college.
is
was
had been
6. Raju said that Gautam ..................... to go the following day.
will have
would have
has
7. Geetha says that her father ...................... an Engineer.
is
was
has been
8. He said that he ........................ the physical test.
has passed
passed
had passed
9. She told me that I .................. her only friend.
am
have been
was
10. He told me that he .................... me.
loves
is loving
loved
11. James asked Mary .........................
where was she going
where she was going
where has she gone
Answers:
1. He said that he had got a toothache.
2. Manu said that he was very busy then.
3. She told us to hurry up.
4. He asked her to give him a cup of water.
5. She said that she was going to college.
6. Raju said that Gautam would have to go the following day.
7. Geetha says that her father is an Engineer.
8. He said that he had passed the physical test.
9. She told me that I was her only friend.
10. He told me that he loved me.
11. James asked Mary where she was going.
Ex3: Change the following direct speech into indirect speech.
1. ‘What do you want?’ he said to her.
2. He said, ‘How’s your mother.’
3. He enquired, ‘When do you intend to pay me?’
4. ‘Do you really come from China?’ the prince asked.
5. ‘Do you speak English?’ he said.
Answers:
1. He asked her what she wanted.
2. He asked me how my mother was.
3. He enquired when I intended to pay him.
4. The prince asked if I really came from China.
5. He asked if I spoke English.
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