Exercise - 3 Reported Speech

 

Eden - Part II English - II Year UG

[alert-success] REPORTED SPEECH

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[alert-primary] Exercise 3[/alert-primary]

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

[alert]1. "Mr. Gandhi," Mr. Jinna said, "first I want to know whom you represent."   [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: Mr Jinna told Mr. Gandhi that he hfirst wanted to know whom he represented. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]2. Milton has said, "They also serve who only stand and wait." [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: Milton has said that they also serve who only stand and
wait.. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]3.  Vinoba Bhave says, "The ocean of love is around as always, Let us bathe in it"  [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans:  Vinoba Bhave says that the ocean of love is around us always and suggests that they bathe in it. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]4. Last evening," he said, "I was released from jail."   [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: He said that he was released from jail the previous evening. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]5. The announcer said, "The Grand Trunk Express is late by two hours." [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: The announcer said that the Grand Trunk Express was late
by two hours. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]6. The pilot said, "We'll be landing in Heathrow airport in ten minutes."   [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: The pilot said that they would be landing in Heathrow airport in ten minutes. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]7. The director told the hero, "You must make the audience sympathize with you in this scene." [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: The director told the hero that he must make the audience sympathize with him in that scene.[/alert-error]

 

[alert]8.The boy told his father, "I hate computers. I want to study history”.  [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: The boy told his father that he hated computers and added that he wanted to study history. [/alert-error]

 

[alert]9. The pupil said, "I cannot understand how I failed in Maths."[/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: The pupil said that he could not understand how he failed in Maths  [/alert-error]

 

[alert]10. The minister said, "We must all work hard to create India of our dreams."   [/alert]

[alert-error]Ans: The minister said that they all must work hard to create India of their dreams. [/alert-error]

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