Direct and Indirect Speech

Types of sentences
1] Assertive Sentences
2] Interrogative Sentences
3] Imperative Sentences
4] Exclamation Sentences
5] Sentences Of Let’s

Rules for changing Direct into indirect:
About verbs (Change the sentence -present to past tense)

About Time and place showing words

About personal pronoun

we –    we/ they
our –   our/ their
us  –    us/them

1] Assertive Sentences

I said to Mohan, “ we can write”

1] Reporting verb
Said – said
Said to – told
2] conjunction – that

1] “You’re wasting your time,” the rest of the family said to him
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2] He said, ”My father ditched this bog all his days and never made a pasture.”
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3] He said to the people, “I have called you here to ask you a very important question.”
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4] SDM Harbir Singh said, “It appears that suffocation in the area due to smoke emanating from the yagya fire – places, but the exact cause of the incident can be confirmed only after an inquiry.”
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5] Another violet said, “We are small, and live close to the earth, but we are safe from the wrath of the skies.”
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He said, “I am no different from anybody else, it is true I can’t see but everybody has some kind of disability”.
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7] She said to me, “we have to create a bloom in a desert and wherever I am given a new place, I must leave it more beautiful than what I had inherited.” They write they wrote
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8) He said “ The teacher will call me as the wisest – Athenian.”
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9) Dr. Martin declared, “Hartman’s not normal, he’s super normal.”
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10] “There was not any breathing space”, said Saraswati Devi.
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2] Interrogative Sentences

There are two types of Interrogative Sentences
a) Verbal Type / Yes –no Type …
b) Wh –Type/ Informative

3] after conjunction write SUB then VERB and the remaining ..
…… , “ (wh) Helping verb + Sub+ main verb+ remaining sentence…
……if/wh + Sub+ Helping verb+ …………………………..

1] Father said to the teacher, “Is my son doing well now?”
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2] I said to my sister, “ Do you know anyone who is not happy
about anything?”
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3] She said to the violet, ” Has greed entered your heart and numbed your senses ?”
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4] “I am ready to confess my guilt”, he said to Gandhiji “ Is not my confession before you enough”
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5] Dell said, “Why should dealers get such a big mark-up for so little added value?”
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6] I asked myself:” Why am I wearing myself out with this toil for which I am so ill-prepared?”
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7] Mother would ask, “Reuben, where were you? We were waiting for you.” Playing, Mum. Sorry.”
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8] The sack buyer said to Reuben. “Why do you need this money today?” ”.
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9] Socrates would turn towards new voice and ask, “ shall we agree then that courage is steadfast good judgment, ?”
Ans: Socrates would turn towards new voice and ask if they would agree then that courage was steadfast good judgment.
10) I asked “Have they time to play with friends to meet interesting people to explore the world and follow their curiosity?”
Ans: I asked if they had time to play with friends to meet interesting people to explore the world and follow their curiosity.
11) “Did you visit the Tower when you were in Paris last year?” I said to my friend, “We have to visit this place now.”
Ans: I asked my friend if he visited the Tower when he was in Paris last year and added that we had to visit that place then.
12] “Can you see the light today?” I asked my mother. “Yes, I can see this world even my eyes are closed.”
Ans: I asked my mother if she could see the light that day. She replied positively that she could see that world even her eyes were closed.
13] “Is there anyone who is not happy in my kingdom?” Said the king, “ I am ready to help all of my citizens.?
Ans: The king asked if there was anyone who was not happy in his kingdom and added that he was ready to help all of his citizens.
14] “Will you keep this gift for me? Said the boy to the shopkeeper. “ Yes, I will keep it for you today.”
Ans: The boy asked the shopkeeper if he would keep that gift for him and the shopkeeper replied positively that he would keep it for him that day.
15] Dell said, “Why should dealers get such a big mark-up for so little added value? I must start my new business.”
Ans: Dell asked why dealers should get such a big mark-up for so little added value and added that he must start his new business.
16] He told the shopkeeper, “but I don’t have the money now. Can you hold it for me?” “Why should I hold it?
Ans: He told the shopkeeper that but he didn’t have the money then and asked if he could hold it for him. The shopkeeper asked him why he should hold it.
17] “What exactly you want to do?” asked the father to me. “Is there any idea in your mind to start a new business this year? “I shall continue my study now.”
Ans: The father asked me what exactly I wanted to do and if there was any idea in my mind to start a new business that year. I replied that I would continue my study then.
18] The officer said to the man, “Who are you and what are you doing here without my permission?” “I am a plumber. I came here to change this pipeline.”
Ans: The officer asked the man who he was and what he was doing there without his permission. The man replied that he was a plumber and added that he came there to change that pipeline.

3] Imperative Sentences

1] Reuben said to him “Please, don’t close up now.”
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2] Mrs. Goel said to her son, “Don’t argue with your father otherwise I shall punish you tomorrow.”
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3] The teacher said to Josh, “Don’t move from here without my permission. Why haven’t you done your homework today?”
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4] My mother said to me, “Why do you love only me? Go, love the world.”
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5] “Don’t worry, we’ll learn when we have to “ she said to Radha.
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6] “Don’t groan, I want to talk to you about a topic you detest,” She said to her daughters. “we shall do as you wish”
Ans. She advised her daughters not to groan and added that she
wanted to talk to them about a topic they detested.
Her daughters told that they would do as she wished.
7) She said to me, “Get it yourself. Why are you late for the
class today?”
Ans. She told me to get it myself and asked why I was late for
the class that day.
8) She said, “Don’t be anxious. I shall do for my society as I can
now ”
Ans. She said not to be anxious and added that she would do for
her society as she could then.
9] “Come back tomorrow, boy”. The sack buyer said. (Rewrite
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 Exclamatory Sentences

Ravi said, “What/how + obj +sub + Verb” 

Ravi exclaimed that sub+ verb + (a) very + obj.

How -very /What a – a very

1) The violet said, “What an unfortunate am I among these flower!

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2) The violet said, “How humble I am!

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3) The rose commented, “How strange is your talk!”

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4) He said, “What a foolish job he has done!”

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5) “How amazing it is!” I said.

Sentences Of Let’s

1) He said to his friends, “Let us go out for a walk.”

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2) She said, “Let us have some fun”

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3] “Let us call Birbal,” he said.

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4)   She said to her brother, “Let’s take another example.”

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5) Guymon said to his teammates and skinner, “Let’s go”.

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