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6. The king said that he was the greatest king on the Earth.
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V. Change the following sentences into indirect speech.
1. Shweta said, “How beautiful the Dilwara Temples are!”
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2. She said, “Oh, what a beautiful flower this is!”
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3. The priest said, “What a busy day!”
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4. He said, “Hurray! I have won the match.”
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5. The captain said, “May God bless you with success!”
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Activity Time Critical Thinking
Given below is the story ‘The Ant and The Grasshopper’ by Aesop. Rewrite it using sentences
in direct speech.
In a field one summer’s day, a grasshopper was dancing and singing when he saw an ant.
He asked the ant what she was doing.
The ant replied that she and her family were gathering food for the winter.
The grasshopper laughed and said that they have got plenty of food for now. They should
not worry about the next day.
But the ant continued to gather food.
When winter came, the grasshopper said to himself that the ants were right. There was no
food to eat. He saw the ants eating their stored food and muttered that he too should have
worked hard and stored some food.
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