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Practice Time 2

Change the speech of these sentences.
1. Mother said to us, “Have any of you found the keys?”

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2. The warden said to me, “Have you locked the gate?”
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3. The teacher asked the students, “When will you submit your projects?”
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4. The stranger said to me, “Where is the hospital?”
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5. I asked my father, “What will you give me as gift on my birthday?”
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Conversion of Imperative Sentences

Imperative sentences are requests, suggestions, advice or commands. To convert an
imperative sentence into reported speech:
remove the quotation marks, and use to if it is an affirmative and not to if the sentence
begins with don’t.

omit the word please and use the word request instead of say/said.
the reporting verb say or said changes to order, tell, command, instruct, etc.

For example:
The poor man said to them, “Please give me something to eat.” (direct speech)
O
The poor man requested them to give him something to eat. (indirect speech)

Practice Time 3

Change the following sentences into indirect speech. Direct and Indirect Speech
1. She said to me, “Please give me 100 rupees.”

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2. He said to his brother, “Work hard to reach your goal.”
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3. Anil said to Deepak, “Do not touch my bag.”

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4. The manager said to his staff, “Do your work honestly.”
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5. My father said to me, “Think deeply before taking any decision.”

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