Direct-Indirect Speech

Answer : (i) Anil to Ajay : “Why don’t you join us for a party on Saturday?”

Ans: Anil asked Ajay why didn’t he join them for a party on Sunday.

(ii) Mrs Nair to Mr Shah : “Good Morning! There’s a small problem I want to speak to you about.”

Ans: Mrs Nasir said to Mr Shah that there was a small problem he wanted to speak to him about.

(iii) Jack to Parimala : “How was your trip to the National Park?”

Ans: Jack asked Parimala how was his trip to the National Park.

(iv) Mr Patil to the Cashier : “Do you have change for five hundreds rupees?”

Ans: Mr patil asked the Cashier if he had change for five hundred rupees.

(v) Susil to Prasad : “Congratulations! I’m so glad you received the young scientist’s award.”

Ans: Susil said to Prasad that he was so glad for him that he had received the young scientist’s award.

Answer : (i) He wrote in his letter, “I saw Poonam at the theater a couple of days ago”.

Ans: He wrote in his letter that he had seen Poonam at the theatre a couple of days before.

(ii) The forecast says, “It will rain tomorrow”

Ans: The forecast says that it would rain next day.

(iii) He said to me, “it would be nice if I could see you again”.

Ans: He told me that it would be nice if he could see me again.

(iv) I said, “If I had any money I’d buy you a drink “

Ans: I said that if I had money I would buy a drink.

(v) The teacher said, “Why don’t you work harder?”

Ans: The teacher asked me why didn’t I work harder.

Answer : (i) Amrita said to me, “Why didn’t you attend my class?”

Ans: Amrita asked me why I had not attended her class.

(ii) My father said to me, “Wash your clothes.”

Ans: My father suggested me to wash my clothes.

(iii) Our teacher said, “The earth revolves arround the sun.”

Ans: Our teacher said that the Earth revolves round the Sun.

(iv) Meera said,”The earth revolves around the sun.”

Ans: Meera said that the plane had landed.

(v) Our English teacher said to Mohan, “Open the window.”

Answer : (i) He said, “I will not approve of such a behaviour in future.”

Ans: He said that he would not approve of such behaviour in future

(ii) He said on the telephone, “We kept on doing our work till late night.”

Ans: He said on the telephone that they had kept on doing their work till late night.

(iii) She said, “As your mother is ill, you must go home at once.”

Ans: She said that I must go home at once as my mother was ill.

(iv) Ram said to Sita, “Do you intend to come with me to the forest?”

Ans: Rams asked Sita if she intended to come with him to the forest.

(v) The child said to the Sherpa, “Why didn’t you choose to climb to the Moon?”

Ans: The child asked sherpa why had he not chosen to climb to the Moon.

Answer : (i) He said, I am too ill to speak now.

Ans: He said that he was too ill to speak then.

(ii) The policeman said to the man, Where are you going?

Ans: The policeman asked the man, where was he going?

(iii) She said to her children, Let me work undisturbed.

Ans: She asked her children not to disturb.

(iv) He said to the students, Do not sit here.

Ans: He told the students not to sit there.

(v) He said, May god pardon the sinner.

Ans: He prayed that God might pardon the sinner.