Exercise - 2 Reported Speech

 

Eden - Part II English - II Year UG

[alert-success] REPORTED SPEECH

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[alert-primary] Exercise 2[/alert-primary]

 [alert-warn]Turn the following questions into Indirect speech [/alert-warn]

[alert]1. "What are you doing?' his mother asked.   [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: His mother asked him what he was doing. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]2. The stranger said to me, "Is your house closed? Can you offer me some food?" [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: The stranger asked me whether my house was closed and whether I could offer him some food. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]3.  The witches asked each other, "When shal we three meet again?"   [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: The witches asked each other when the three would meet again. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]4. "Swalow, swalow," said the Prince ot the bird, "Wil you not stay with me one night longer?"   [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: The Prince asked the bird swallow if it would not stay with him one night longer. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]5. Ann asked me, "Can you open this lock forme?"  [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: Ann asked me if I could open that lock for her. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]6. He said to me, "Would you speak more slowly?"   [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: He asked me if I would speak more slowly. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]7. The passenger asked the booking clerk, "Is there a direct train from Madras to Varanasi?"  [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: The passenger asked the booking clerk if there was a direct train from Madras to Varanasi. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]8. Rani asked her friend, "Have you written to your father about the excursion?"   [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: Rani asked her friend if she had written to her father about the excursion. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]9. "Why don't you try to goto sleep?" the mother said to the child.  [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: The mother asked the child why it did not try to go to sleep. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]10. Phatik asked his uncle, "When can I go home?"   [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: Phatik asked his uncle when he could go home. [/alert-error]

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