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VI. Complete the table by changing the speech of the given sentences.

Direct Speech Indirect Speech
1. The boy said, “I like flying The boy said that he liked flying kites.
kites.”

2. Anshika said, “My mother is Anshika said that her mother was cooking
cooking dinner.” dinner.

3. She said, “I want to give my She said that she wanted to give her sister
sister a present.” a present.

4. She said, "I have bought a watch She said that she had bought a watch for
for my mother.” her mother.

5. I said to my friend, “You are not I told my friend that he was not working
working hard enough.” hard enough.

6. I said, “He can be trusted to do I said that he could be trusted to do that job.
this job.”

7. Sahil said, "Sambhave has done Sahil said that Sambhav had done that
this before:” before.

8. Naveen said to Shashi "I am Naveen told Shashi that he was going to
going to sleep.” sleep.

VII. Read the conversations given below and complete the paragraphs that follow.

(1)
Renu: Our new servant has a tendency to steal things.

Somu: Is anything missing?
Renu: Yes, he has stolen one of our blankets.
Somu: Which one?
Renu: It’s the one we bought from Home Centre.

Renu told her husband that (a) their new servant had a tendency to steal things. Somu asked
her (b) if anything was missing. She told him that (c) one of their blankets was missing.

When Somu asked her which one it was, she replied that (d) it was the one they had bought
from Home Centre.

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