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Narration: Direct and Indirect Speech
Choose the correct sentence in indirect speech.
He asked: if I was going.
He asked if I was going,
He asked if I was going.
None of these
This is an indirect question, so it ends with a full stop, not a question mark or colon. No comma is needed after “asked” in indirect speech.
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Narration: Direct and Indirect Speech
He said to me, “How long will you stay here?”
He asked me how long I would stay here.
He asked me how long I would stay here.
He asked me how long I would stay here.
He asked me how long I would stay there.
Explanation: If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the modals like will/shall change to would. And if the sentence is interrogative, we use the reporting verbs like asked, enquired, etc.
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Narration: Direct and Indirect Speech
He remarked, “Two and two makes four.”
He remarked that two and two would make four.
He remarked that two and two made four.
He remarked that two and two makes four.
He suggested that two and two makes four.
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Narration: Direct and Indirect Speech
“If you don’t keep quiet I shall punish you”, he said to her in a calm voice.
He warned her to punish if she didn’t keep quiet calmly.
He said calmly that I would punish you if you don’t calm
He warned her calmly that he would punish her if she didn’t keep quiet.
He said to her whether he would punish her.
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Narration: Direct and Indirect Speech
John said to his mother, “I shall go to bed now.” (Choose the correct indirect speech)
John told his mother that he should go to bed now.
John told his mother that he will go to bed then.
John told his mother that he would go to bed then.
John told his mother that he will go to bed now.
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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.
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Narration: Direct and Indirect Speech
Father said to me, “May you pass the examination” (Choose the indirect form)
Father prayed that I might pass the examination.
Father said to me that I may pass the examination.
Father prayed that I may pass the examination.
Father said to me that I must pass the examination.
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Narration: Direct and Indirect Speech
He said “I should have some milk”
He told that he let have some milk.
He said that he had some milk.
He replied that he should have some milk.
He replied that he must have some milk.
If the Reported Speech starts with ‘let me’, Reporting verb of the Indirect speech will be ‘wished/desired’. Structure: that + subject + might + verb
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Narration: Direct and Indirect Speech
“Are you alone, my son?” asked a soft voice close behind me.
A soft voice asked me that what I was doing there alone.
A soft voice said to are you alone son.
A soft voice from my back asked if I was alone.
A soft voice behind me asked if I was alone.
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Narration: Direct and Indirect Speech
The old man said to his son, “Fie! You are such a coward.”
The old man cried out in anger that it was shameful that his son was such a coward.
The old man exclaimed that it was shameful that he was such a coward.
The old man exclaimed that it was shameful that his son was such a coward.
The old man surprised that his son was such a coward.
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