Change of Speech
Direction: A sentence has been given in Direct /Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct.
- He said to me, “I grew these carrots myself.”
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When the sentence is converted from direct speech to indirect speech, the pronoun ‘I’ is converted to ‘he’.
Correct Option: A
When the sentence is converted from direct speech to indirect speech, the pronoun ‘I’ is converted to ‘he’ and the simple past tense gets itself converted into past perfect tense.
- He said that we are all born to die.
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Correct Option: A
Omit ‘that’ from the direct speech.
- Moti asked Gangu whether the latter was in his senses.
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While converting a sentence from indirect speech to direct speech, certain changes have to be made as we use inverted commas to mark off the exact words of the speaker.
Correct Option: A
While converting a sentence from indirect speech to direct speech, certain changes have to be made as we use inverted commas to mark off the exact words of the speaker. And the speech is addressed in first person and second person mode.
- “Who now,” they had asked, “will listen to our troubles and protect us from the crocodiles ?”
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While converting a direct speech into indirect speech the adverb ‘now’ is changed to ‘then’ and the tense of the sentence also.
Correct Option: D
While converting a direct speech into indirect speech the adverb ‘now’ is changed to ‘then’ and the tense of the sentence also changes with respect to the time period of the speech.
Direction: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Direct/Indirect.
- She said to the children, ‘You mustn’t play with fire.’
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Correct Option: A
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