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2. The passenger said to the ticket collector, ‘‘I like to travel by an AC Chair

Car.’’

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3. Shalini said to Anjana, ‘‘I am going away for a week.

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4. Ravi said, ‘‘It takes two to pick up a quarrel.’’

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5. Monika said to Ritika, ‘‘You are working hard.’’

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6. He said, ‘‘I shall do my work in the evening.’’

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7. My friend came and said to me, ‘‘I admit that I behaved nastily in a fit of
anger.’’

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8. You said, ‘‘I was watching TV in the evening.’’

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9. Mary said, ‘‘I am not enjoying my new job very much.’’

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10. The teacher said to Sonu, ‘‘You have to learn this poem by tomorrow .’’

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B. Change the following sentences into indirect speech and write in your notebook.

1. I said to him, ‘‘Do you know Subhash?’’

2. I said to him, ‘‘Will you listen to such a man?’’

3. He said to us, ‘‘Are you coming to the meeting today?’’

4. Hari said to me, ‘‘Why did you insult my brother?’’

5. She said to her, ‘‘When will you reach the school tomorrow?’’

6. ‘‘Which is the proper way to solve this sum, father?’’ asked the boy.

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