Narration: Direct and Indirect Speech
“You had better not leave your room unlocked”, said my friends. (Choose the correct indirect speech)
Put the following sentence into indirect narration: “You had better not leave your room unlocked”, s
My friends reminded me to lock my room.
My friends warned me not to leave my room unlocked.
My friends advised me lock my room.
My friends warned me not to leave my room unlocked.
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The man said to the officer, “Please help me.”A. The man told the officer to help him.
B. The man requested the officer to help him.
C. The man said to the officer to please help him.
D. The man requested to the officer to help.
“Don’t waste time”, the teacher said to the students. (Choose the correct indirect speech)
A. The teacher forbade the students not to waste time.
B. The teacher advised the students not to waste time.
C. The teacher forbade the students to not waste time.
D. The teacher ordered the students don’t waste time.
He said to me, “Let’s go home together.
A. He urged me to go home with him.
B. He proposed to me that we should go home together.
C. He proposed to me to go home together.
D. He asked me to go home with him.
17. He exclaimed sadly that he was undone. (Convert the sentence to direct speech.)
A. He said, “Ah! I am undone.”
B. He said, “Alas! I am undone.”
C. He said, “How sad! I am yet to do.”
D. He said, “What a pity I am undone!”
“I’ll have a cup of tea,” my father said, “because I’m not hungry.”
A. My father said that he will have a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
B. My father said that he would have had a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
C. My father said that he would have a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
D. My father said that he had had a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
He said to me, “May you be happy.” (Which one the correct narration)
A. He told me that I might be happy.
B. He reported that I might be happy.
C. He said that I might be happy.
D. He wished that I might be happy.
Pamela said, “Man is mortal.”
A. Pamela said that man is mortal.
B. Pamela said that man was mortal.
C. Pamela said man is mortal.
D. None of the above
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