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    1) The document discusses direct and indirect speech through a series of exercises that provide examples of reported speech and questions. 2) The exercises provide sentences with reported statements, questions, orders, warnings and other speech types both directly and indirectly reported. 3) They illustrate how to shift between direct and indirect speech by changing pronouns, adverbs, and sometimes the entire sentence structure depending on what was said or asked.

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    1) The document discusses direct and indirect speech through a series of exercises that provide examples of reported speech and questions. 2) The exercises provide sentences with reported statements, questions, orders, warnings and other speech types both directly and indirectly reported. 3) They illustrate how to shift between direct and indirect speech by changing pronouns, adverbs, and sometimes the entire sentence structure depending on what was said or asked.

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    Direct and Indirect Speech

    Exercise 1:

    1) My neighbour said that they were moving into a new house.


    2) The captain said that if it rained, they would have to cancel the match.
    3) Ashok said to his friend that they would go to the zoo.
    4) Hassan said to me that he would see me the next day. I told Hassan that I was not free the next
    day.
    5) The teacher said that those who had written the essay could go home.
    6) All my friends tell me that I would be a great man one day.
    7) Ashok complained that he had been waiting for an hour.
    8) My friend said that I might take his bicycle if I liked and said that he would not be needing it for
    two days.
    9) Dr Sapru told Mrs Rao that her husband would soon be well and asked her to let him be in bed
    for a week.
    10) Kassim said that he was going to Delhi on the 10 th and the interview was on the 14th.

    Exercise 2:

    1) Mr Rao said to his wife that he might be late for dinner and asked her not to wait for him.
    2) Raju’s mother warned him not to tell lies and asked him to tell the truth.
    3) The captain said to the soldiers not to fall back and ordered them to keep firing and advancing.
    4) The Gita preaches to do our duty and not worry about the results of our actions.
    5) Mrs Das scolded her son and said not to argue with his father.
    6) My friend advised me to grow a beard and no one would know who I was.
    7) She asked her daughter to taste a little of that and tell her if she had added too much salt.
    8) My aunt asked me not to talk loudly as I would disturb the baby.
    9) My friend warned me to be careful as the steps were slippery.
    10) My father asked me to get him some paper and a pen.

    Exercise 3:

    1) Shopkeeper asked the lady whether she wanted the red sari or the green one.
    2) I asked the policeman whether he could tell me the way to the hospital.
    3) Parent asked the teacher whether his daughter would pass or fail.
    4) My neighbor asked me whether I was going to Delhi the following week.
    5) Ravi asked Raju if they should plan a picnic for the following Sunday.
    6) Father asked the son whether the postman has come yet or not.
    7) Mother asked me whether I had watered the plants.
    8) Secretary asked the visitor whom did he wanted to see.
    9) Mr Munshi asked me whose portrait I was painting.
    10) Uncle asked me when did the postman come every day.
    11) Mrs Das asked Mr Das how many people were coming to dinner.
    12) Inspector asked the prisoner where did he get those counterfeit notes from.

    Exercise 4:

    1) Ravi exclaimed to his friends that it was a pleasant evening and asked them if they would go for
    a walk.
    2) Prema exclaimed to her friends that it was very stuffy there and suggested to go out and sit in
    the garden.
    3) My friend exclaimed that it was nice of me to have come.
    4) My friend exclaimed that my lawyer argued the case persuasively.
    5) My friend exclaimed that it was a pity that I did not come to the party.
    6) The teacher said to Judy that she was a shabby girl and exclaimed that she done her work
    shabbily.
    7) The old man blessed the boy.
    8) The traveller cried what would he do then and thought who would show him the way in that
    jungle.

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