EXERCISE 73
Change the following into indirect speech —
1. He says, “I am reading my book.”
→ He says that he is reading his book.
2. She says, “I am reading my book.”
→ She says that she is reading her book.
3. You say, “I am reading my book.”
→ You say that you are reading your book.
4. They say, “We are reading our books.”
→ They say that they are reading their book.
5. Ram says to me, “I help you.”
→ Ram tells me that he helps me.
6. I say to Ram, “I help you.”
→ I tell Ram that I help him.
7. Ram says to Lata, “I help you.”
→ Ram tells Lata that he helps her.
8. Lata says to Ram, “I help you.”
→ Lata tells Ram that she helps him.
9. They say to us, “We help you.”
→ They tell us that they help us.
10. He says to me, “I am your friend.”
→ He tells me that he is my friend.
11. She says to them, “I am your friend.”
→ She tells them that she is their friend.
12. I say to her, “I am your friend.”
→ I tell her that I am her friend.
13. Mohan says to Geeta, “I am your friend and you are my friend.”
→ Mohan tells Geeta that he is her friend and she is his friend.
14. The boys say to me, “We have no time for you.”
→ The boys tell me that they have no time for me.
15. I say to them, “I have love for you.”
→ I tell them that I have love for them.
16. Ram says to Meena, “I help you because you help me.”
→ Ram tells Meena that he helps her because she helps him.
17. They say to her, “We wanted to help you.”
→ They tell her that they wanted to help her.
18. She says to the boys, “You can’t defeat me.”
→ She tells the boys that they can’t defeat her.
19. She will tell me, “I am ready to help you.”
→ She will tell me that she is ready to help me.
20. She will tell the girls, “I have always supported you.”
→ She will tell the girls that she has always supported them.
21. He has said to them, “I don’t care for you.”
→ He has told them that he doesn’t care for them.
22. They say to me, “You must obey us.”
→ They tell me that I must obey them.
23. I say to them, “You must obey me.”
→ I tell them that they must obey me.
24. Ganesh says to Reena, “I need your pen.”
→ Ganesh tells Reena that he needs her pen.
25. Reena says to Ganesh, “I need your pen.”
→ Reena tells Ganesh that she needs his pen.
EXERCISE 74
Change the following into indirect speech —
1. He says to me, “I shall help you if you help me.”
→ He tells me that he will help me if I help him.
2. She says to us, “I shall help you if you help me.”
→ She tells us that she will help us if we help her.
3. Ram says to Sita, “I shall help you if you help me.”
→ Ram tells Sita that he will help her if she helps him.
4. Radha says to Ganesh, “I like you because you have always helped me.”
→ Radha tells Ganesh that she likes him because he has always helped her.
5. Imran says to Razia, “I want to help you because you have always helped me.”
→ Imran tells Razia that he wants to help her because she has always helped him.
6. I have told them, “You should help me.”
→ I have told them that they should help me.
7. He says to me, “I am your servant and you are my master.”
→ He tells me that he is my servant and I am his master.
8. She says to him, “I am your servant and you are my master.”
→ She tells him that she is his servant and he is her master.
9. He says to me, “This is mine and that is yours.”
→ He tells me that this is his and that is mine.
10. She says to them, “This is mine and that is yours.”
→ She tells them that this is hers and that is theirs.
11. She says to me, “I wanted to help you but I couldn’t.”
→ She tells me that she wanted to help me but she couldn’t .
12. The workers say to the owner, “You can’t do without us.”
→ The workers tell the owner that he/she can’t do without them.
13. He will say to me, “I am your neighbour and so you should help me.”
→ He will tell me that he is my neighbour and so I should help him.
14. We will say to him, “We are your friends and so you should help us.”
→ We will tell him that we are his friends and so he should help us.
15. He says to me, “I know you and your family very well but you don’t know me at all.”
→ He tells me that he knows me and my family very well but I don’t know him at all.
16. She says to me. “I have been waiting for you since morning.”
→ She tells me that she has been waiting for me since morning.
17. He says to me, “I was reading while you were playing.”
→ He tells me that he was reading while I was playing.
18. She says to him, “I shall be your true friend.”
→ She tells him that she will be his true friend.
19. He says to me, “She helps you.”
→ He tells me that she helps me.
20. The farmers say to me, “We never quarrel with them.”
→ The farmers tell me that they never quarrel with them.
EXERCISE 75
Change the following into indirect speech —
1. The boys said to the teacher, “We need your help.”
→ The boys told the teacher that they needed his help.
2. He said to me, “I am your neighbour.”
→ He told me that he was my neighbour.
3. She said to me, “I am ready to help you.”
→ She told me that she was ready to help me.
4. He said to her, “I help you because you are a good girl.”
→ He told her that he helped her because she was a good girl.
5. Ram said to Geeta, “I am not going to help you.”
→ Ram told Geeta that he was not going to help her.
6. He said to me, “I have no time for you.”
→ He told me that he had no time for me.
7. They said to me, “We have done everything for you.”
→ They told me that they had done everything for me.
8. You said to her, “I have not beaten your brother.”
→ You told her that you had not beaten her brother.
9. He said to me, “I have been waiting for you for two hours.”
→ He told me that he had been waiting for me for two hours.
10. Meena said to Ravi, “You are my best friend.”
→ Meena told Ravi that he was her best friend.
11. He said to them, “I can help you if you don’t harm me.”
→ He told them that he could help them if they didn’t harm him.
12. The farmer said to the little boy, “You can live with me.”
→ The farmer told the little boy that he could live with them.
13. He said to you, “I shall help you.”
→ He told you that he would help you.
14. Ravi said to Leela, “I shall be helping you.”
→ Ravi told Leela that he would be helping her.
15. She said, “I shall be a nurse.”
→ She said that she would be a nurse.
16. He said to me, “You will get success if you work hard.”
→ He told me that I would get success if I worked hard.
17. I said to her, “If you help me I shall help you.”
→ I told her that if she helped me I would help her.
18. She said to him, “I shall be your guide.”
→ She told him that she would be his guide.
19. He said, “I could pass the examination.”
→ He said that he could pass the examination.
20. The poor men said to me, “You should help us because we depend on you.”
→ The poor men told me that I should help them because they depended on me.
21. He said to her, “You will not be able to do my work.”
→ He told her that she would not be able to do his work.
22. She said to them, “I am your neighbour, so I shall help you.”
→ She told them that she was their neighbour, so she would help them.
23. Mohan said to me, “Since I don’t know you I can’t help you.”
→ Mohan told me that Since he didn’t know me he couldn’t help me.
24. The villagers said to the saint, “We shall be very happy if you live in our village.”
→ The villagers told the saint that they would be very happy if he lived in their village.
25. He said, “I have everything that I need.”
→ He said that he had everything that he needed.
26. She said to me, “I don’t like you because you are not rich.”
→ She told me that she didn’t like me because I was not rich.
EXERCISE 76
Change the following into indirect speech —
1. He said to me, “I helped you.”
→ He told me that he had helped me.
2. She said to him, “I gave you my pen.”
→ She told him that she had given him her pen.
3. They said to the girls, “You danced well.”
→ They told the girls that they had danced well.
4. I said to him, “I was your neighbour.”
→ I told him that I had been his neighbour.
5. The farmers said to him, “We were always ready to help you.”
→ The farmers told him that they had been always ready to help him.
6. My mother said to my brothers, “I was making tea for you.”
→ My mother told my brothers that she had been making tea for them.
7. He said to them, “I was waiting for you.”
→ He told them that he had been waiting for them.
8. They said, “We were struggling hard.”
→ They said that they had been struggling hard.
9. He said, “I had to wait.”
→ He said that he had had to wait.
10. She said, “I had no money at all.”
→ She said that she had had no money at all.
11. They said, “We were present.”
→ They said that they had been present.
12. He said, “I had won the prize.”
→ He said that he had won the prize.
13. They said to me, “We had not done that.”
→ They told me that they had not done that.
14. She said to her, “I had nothing to do with you.”
→ She told her that she had had nothing to do with her.
15. I said to her, “I had been playing with you.”
→ I told her that I had been playing with her.
16. She said to me, “We had been waiting for you.”
→ She told me that she had been waiting for me.
17. He said to me, “The earth moves round the sun.”
→ He told me that the earth moves round the sun.
18. He said, “When the cat is away the mice will play.”
→ He said that when the cat is away the mice will play.
19. The teacher said, “Labour never goes in vain.”
→ The teacher said that labour never goes in vain.
20. He said, “I get up in the morning.”
→ He said that he got up in the morning.
21. Ram said to me, “I love my country very much.”
→ Ram told me that he loved his country very much.
22. My father said, “Time and tide wait for no man.” (समय और अवसर किसी की प्रतीक्षा नहीं करता)
→ My father said that time and tide wait for no man.
23. He said, “We are mortal.”
→ He said that we are mortal.
24. She said, “We can’t escape death.” (हम मृत्यु से बच नहीं सकते)
→ She said that we can’t escape death.
25. I said, “Iron is more useful than gold.”
→ I said that iron is more useful than gold.
26. He said to me, “I know what you did.”
→ He told me that he knew what I had done.
27. He said, “He was very polite and promised to do what he could for us.”
→ He said that he had been very polite and promised to do what he could for him.
28. She said to me, “I don’t know what your mother will say when she finds me with you.”
→ She told me that she didn’t know what my mother would say when she found her with me.
EXERCISE 77
Change the following into indirect speech —
1. He said, “I want to stay here this morning.”
→ He said that he wanted to stay there that morning.
2. She said, “These flowers are very beautiful.”
→ She said that those flowers were very beautiful.
3. They said to her, “We shall see you tomorrow”
→ They told her that they would see her the next day.
4. He said, “I am going away tomorrow.”
→ He said that he was going away the following day.
5. She said to me, “I can’t give you money today”
→ She told me that she couldn’t give me money that day.
6. The boy said to his mother, “I shall not go to school today.”
→ The boy told his mother that he would not go to school that day.
7. He said, “My mother will come the day after tomorrow.”
→ He said that his mother would come in two days’ time.
8. I said, “I did it yesterday.”
→ I said that I had done it the day before.
9. She said, “I wrote to him the day before yesterday.”
→ She said that she had written to him two days before.
10. The farmer said, “I bought the hen yesterday and I am going to sell it tomorrow.”
→ The father said that he had bought the hen the previous day and he was going to sell it the following day.
11. She said to me, “I couldn’t meet you last night, because I was so busy.”
→ She told me that she couldn’t meet me the previous night, because she had been so busy.
12. She said. “My husband died a year ago.”
→ She said that her husband had died a year before.
13. Sita said to me, “I tried to do it yesterday but it couldn’t be done because you were absent.”
→ Sita told me that she had tried to do it the previous day but it couldn’t be done because I had been absent.
14. She said, “I shall join the office next week.”
→ She said that she would join the office the following week.
15. “I saw a wild animal in the garden yesterday,” said she.
→ She said that she had seen a wild animal in the garden the day before.
16. “I was trying to do it yesterday,” he said.
→ He said that he had been trying to do it the previous day.
17. “I am intending to do it tomorrow,” said the man.
→ The man said that he was intending to do it the following day.
18. “Yesterday Ram and I went to the river,” said he.
→ He said that the previous day Ram and he had gone to the river.
19. He said, “She arrived yesterday and will go tomorrow.”
→ He said that she had arrived the previous day and would go the following day.
20. “I can’t go there today because I am busy this time but I shall go tomorrow,” said she.
→ She said that she couldn’t go there because she was busy that time but she would go the next day.
EXERCISE 78
Change the following into indirect speech —
1. He says, “I am your friend and you are my friend.”
→ He tells me that he is my friend and I am his friend.
2. Sita will say, “Everything I have is yours.”
→ Sita will tell me that everything she has is mine.
3. She said, “I wanted to give you my handkerchief.”
→ She told me that she had wanted to give me her handkerchief.
4. “We shall help you,” they said to Sita, “in case nobody comes to help you.”
→ They told Sita that they should help her in case nobody came to help her.
5. “I can never forget you,” said she.
→ She told me that she could never forget me.
6. “Okay, I will come again tomorrow,” he said.
→ He said that he would come again the next day.
7. The teacher said, “Mohan, what you do is not good.”
→ The teacher told Mohan that what he did was not good.
8. He said, “Well, I shall punish you today.”
→ He told me that he would punish me that day.
9. She said, “Radha, you will be awarded for the bravery you have shown today.”
→ She told Radha that she would be awarded for the bravery she had shown that day.
10. He said, “Radha, you are my life.”
→ He told Radha that she was his life.
11. “Many people,” he said, “are not happy over the progress of India.”
→ He said that many people were not happy over the progress of India.
12. The leader said, “Dear friends, I can’t do without your help.”
→ Addressing the people as dear friends the leader said that he couldn’t do without their help.
13. He said, “Brothers and sisters, I know very well that you did everything for me that you could.”
→ Addressing the people as brothers and sisters he said that he knew very well that they had done everything for him that they could.
14. He said to the king, “My lord, I am a very poor man and need your help.”
→ Addressing the king as my lord he said that he was a very poor man and needed his help.
15. “My sons,” said he, “you should never forget that unity is strength.”
→ He told his sons that they should never forget that unity is strength.
Special Rules (Interrogative Sentences)
EXERCISE 79
Change the following into indirect speech —
1. He said to me, “Are you poor?”
→ He asked me if / whether I was poor.
2. She said to me, “Am I not helpful to you?”
→ She asked me if she was not helpful to me.
3. She said to me. “Were you busy?”
→ She asked me if I had been busy.
4. He said to her. “Was I not helping you?”
→ He asked her if he had not been helping her.
5. Ram said to me. “Are you going today?”
→ Ram asked me if I was going that day.
6. The boy said to his mother, “Have you sweets for me?”
→ The boy asked his mother if she had sweets for him.
7. He said to his friend, “Have I vexed you?”
→ He asked his friend if he had vexed him.
8. He said to the farmers, “Have you enough money to buy sweets?”
→ He asked the farmers if they had enough money to buy sweets.
9. He said to me, “Had you not gone there ?”
→ He asked me if I had not gone there.
10. “Can you break this lock?” the girl said to him.
→ The girl asked him if he could break this lock.
11. He said to me, “Should you do this?”
→ He asked me if I should do that.
12. “Have you written the letter?” he asked me.
→ He asked me if I had written the letter.
13. He said to his mother, “Will you give me money?”
→ He asked his mother if she would give him money.
14. He said to me, “Will you not go to Patna?”
→ He asked me if I would not go to Patna.
15. “Will you have time to play?” he asked her.
→ He asked her if she would have time to play.
16. He said to her, “Do you know my father?”
→ He asked her if she knew my father.
17. He said, “Don’t you play football?”
→ He asked if I didn’t play football.
18. She said, “Does he help you?”
→ She asked if he helped me.
19. They asked me, “Doesn’t Ram read in your school?”
→ They asked me if Ram didn’t read in my school.
20. He said, “Did he come?”
→ He asked if he had come.
21. She said to me, “Did you not like my sister?”
→ She asked me if I had not liked her sister.
22. He said to the boys, “Didn’t you make a noise in the class?”
→ He asked the boys if they had not made a noise in the class.
23. He said to me, “Do you know that the shoes you are wearing aren’t a pair?”
→ He asked me if I knew that the shoes I was wearing weren’t a pair.
24. He said to her, “Do you think it may rain today?”
→ He asked her if she thought it might rain that day.
25. She asked me, “Are you sorry for what you did?”
→ She asked me if I was sorry for what I had done.
26. He said to me, “Do you know the person you are living with was a thief?”
→ He asked me if I knew the person I was living with had been a thief.
27. “Can you tell me why he gave up his study?” he said to me.
→ He asked me if I could tell him why he had given up his study.
28. “Do you know what my name is?” said Ali.
→ Ali asked if I knew what his name was.
29. “Do you think I shall help you?” she said to me.
→ She asked me if I thought she would help me.
30. He said to me, “Is it clear to you?”
→ He asked me if it was clear to me.
EXERCISE 80
Put the following into indirect speech —
1. He said to me, “Why do you vex me?”
→ He asked me why I vexed him.
2. He said to me, “Why don’t you do as I command?”
→ He asked me why I didn’t do as he commanded.
3. She said, “What does Ram do?”
→ She asked what Ram did.
4. He said, “Why does he not respect you?”
→ He asked why he didn’t respect me.
5. He said to his brothers, “Why did you go there?”
→ He asked his brothers why they had gone there.
6. I said to my friends, “Why didn’t you appear at the examination?”
→ I asked my friends why they had not appeared at the examination.
7. The boys said to the old woman, “Why are you sad?”
→ The boys asked the old woman why she was sad.
8. The teacher said to us. “Why were you absent?”
→ The teacher asked us why we had been absent.
9. He said to Mohan, “What are you interested in?”
→ He asked Mohan what was he interested in.
10. She said, “When is your mother coming?”
→ She asked when my mother was coming.
11. Ali said to me, “How were you preparing for the examination?”
→ Ali asked me how I had been preparing for the examination.
12. She said to me, “Why have you no time for me?”
→ She asked me why I had no time for her.
13. She said to me, “Why have you wanted to meet my father?”
→ She asked me why I had wanted to meet her father.
14. She said to her, “When had he done the job?”
→ She asked her when he had done the job.
15. He said to her, “When will you give me your notebook?”
→ He asked her when she would give him her notebook.
16. He said to the travellers, “What can I do for you?”
→ He asked the travellers what he could do for them.
17. He asked, “Why should I help you?”
→ He asked me why he should help me.
18. He said to me, “What is your father’s name?”
→ He asked me what my father’s name was.
19. She asked, “What is your mother?”
→ She asked me what my mother was.
20. They asked me, “Who are you and what do you want?”
→ They asked me who I was and what I wanted.
21. He said, “Who disturbs you?”
→ He asked me who disturbed you.
22. She said, “Who can cheat me?”
→ She asked who could cheat her.
23. They said to me, “Who is helping you?”
→ They asked me who was helping me.
24. He asked, “Who killed your dog?”
→ He asked me who had killed my dog.
25. She asked, “How many girls are dancing tonight?”
→ She asked how many girls was dancing that night.
26. He said, “How much money can you give me for the service I have done to you?”
→ He asked me how much money I could give him for the service he had done to me.
27. He said to me, “How many cows have you?”
→ He asked me how many cows I had.
28. They said, “Who will save us?”
→ They asked who would save them.
29. “Whose car did you borrow last night?” she said to me.
→ She asked me whose car I had borrowed the previous night.
30. “Why do you think it may be dangerous?” I asked her.
→ I asked her why she thought it might be dangerous.
31. “How many sleeping pills have you taken?” said the doctor.
→ The doctor asked the patient how many sleeping pills he had taken.
32. “Why should I help you when you don’t care for me?” asked he.
→ He asked me why he should help me when I didn’t care for him.
33. He asked, “Which team won the match?”
→ He asked which team had won the match.
34. He asked the stranger, “What are you and where are you coming from?”
→ He asked the stranger what he was and where he was coming from.
35. He said, “Which country do you live in?”
→ He asked which country I lived in.
36. He said to me, “What will you do?”
→ He asked me what I would do.
37. He said, “What will save us?”
→ He asked what would save him.
38. He said to me, “ What is wrong with it?”
→ He asked me what was wrong with it.
39. He said, “ What is the main problem here?”
→ He asked what was the main problem was there.
40. He said, “What is this?”
→ He asked what was that.
41. He said, “What happened?”
→ He asked what had happened.
EXERCISE 81
Put the following into indirect speech —
1. He said to me, “The time has come when you have to show your strength.”
→ He told me that the time had come when I had had to show my strength.
2. He said to her, “I want to know why you didn’t go there.”
→ He told her that he wanted to know why she had not gone there.
3. The teacher asked, “What made you do this?”
→ The teacher enquired if what I had made do that.
4. “What will happen if the strike continues?” asked the man.
→ The man asked what would happen if the strike continued.
5. He said to me, “You can keep that one if you like.”
→ He told me that I could keep that one if I liked.
6. The teacher said, “I shall prove now that the earth moves round the sun.”
→ The teacher said that he will prove then that the earth moves round the sun.
7. The child said, “What does it matter if I don’t go to school today?”
→ The child asked if what it did matter if he didn’t go to school that day.
8. He said, “It may rain tomorrow.”
→ He said that it might rain the next day.
9. She said, “Where did you go yesterday?”
→ She asked if where I had gone the day before.
10. He said, “Did you not meet her two days ago?”
→ He asked if I had not met her two days ago/before.
11. He said to me, “I know he was a robber.”
→ He told me that he knew he had been a robber.
12. The teacher said, “Labour never goes in vain.” (परिश्रम कभी व्यर्थ नहीं जाता)
→ The teacher said that labour never goes in vain.
13. He said, “A drowning man will catch at a straw.” (डूबते को तिनके का सहारा मिलना)
→ He said that a drowning man will catch at a straw.
14. “This is my horse,” said he, “and if I don’t prove it in a few hours I will give up my claim.”
→ He said that this was his horse and if he didn’t prove it in a few hours he would give up his claim.
15. Finding no remedy, he said to himself, “It is better to die than to live in such misery as I am compelled to suffer from a master who treats me and has always treated me so unkindly.”
→ He told himself that it was better to die than to live in such misery as he was compelled to suffer from a master who treated him and had always treated him so unkindly.
16. The teacher said, “I have told you before, that when I am speaking, you should be silent.”
→ The teacher said that he had told them before, that when he was speaking, they should be silent.
17. He said, “Shall I go to the theatre?”
→ He asked if he should go to the theatre.
18. She said, “Shall I open the gate?”
→ She asked if she should open the gate.
19. She said to me, “Will you help me?” I said, “Yes.”
→ She asked me if I should help her. I replied in the affirmative.
20. He said to me, “Are you ill?” I said, “No.”
→ He asked me if I was ill. I replied in the negative.
21. He said, “Have you read the book?” I said, “Yes, I have.”
→ He asked if I had read the book. I replied in the affirmative.
22. “Did you sleep well last night?” he said to her. “No,” she said.
→ He asked her if she had slept well the previous night. She replied in the negative.
23. “Do you go there everyday?” he asked. “Yes, I do,” replied I.
→ He asked if I went there everyday. I replied in the affirmative.
EXERCISE 82 (Imperative Sentences)
Put the following into indirect speech —
1. He said to me, “Go there.”
→ He ordered me to go there
2. The commander said to his men, “Fight well.”
→ The commander commanded his men to fight well.
3. The old man said to his servant, “Close the door,”
→ The old man ordered his servant to close the door.
4. He said to her, “Please help me.”
→ He requested to her to help him.
5. He said, “Please give me your bicycle.”
→ He requested me to give him my bicycle.
6. She said to me, “Kindly give me some money,”
→ She requested me to give her some money.
7. The doctor said to me, “Take care of your health.”
→ The doctor advised me to take care of my health.
8. Ram said to me, “Do this at once.”
→ Ram ordered me to do that at once.
9. I said to my servant, “Go to market.”
→ I told my servant to go to market.
10. The saint said to me, “Believe in God.”
→ The saint suggested me to believe in God.
11. The teacher said, “Stand up on the bench.”
→ The teacher ordered the students to stand up on the bench.
12. The teacher said, “Be quiet and listen to me.”
→ The teacher asked us to be quite and listen to him.
13. He said to her, “Wait for me till I return.”
→ He told her to wait for him till he returned.
14. She said to me, “Have a cup of tea.”
→ She suggested me to have a cup of tea.
15. My father said to me, “Don’t walk in the sun.”
→ My father warned me not to walk in the sun.
16. Ram said to his servant, “Don’t do this.”
→ Ram suggested his servant not to do this.
17. He said, “My son, don’t kill birds.”
→ He ordered his son not to kill birds.
18. He said, “Don’t sleep late.”
→ He advised me not to sleep late.
19. The teacher told us, “Don’t talk in the class.”
→ The teacher warned us not to talk in the class.
20. The doctor said to me, “Don’t smoke.”
→ The doctor advised me not to smoke.
21. He said to me, “Do tell me a new story.”
→ He asked me to tell him a new story.
22. He said, “Do come here tomorrow.”
→ He asked me to come there the next day.
23. She told me, “Do have a cup of tea.”
→ She suggested me to have a cup of tea.
24. I told her, “Do have patience.”
→ I asked her to have patience.
25. She said to me, “Do this work.”
→ She asked me to do that work.
26. They said to me, “Please do help us.”
→ They asked me to help them.
27. The nurse said, “Open your mouth.”
→ The nurse asked me to open my mouth.
EXERCISE 83
Put the following into indirect speech —
1. The teacher said, “Work hard if you want to succeed.”
→ The teacher advised me to work hard if I wanted to succeed.
2. The teacher told us, “Show me the work that you have done.”
→ The teacher asked us to show him the work that we had done.
3. “Don’t ask so many curious questions,” said the farmer to his wife.
→ The farmer advised his wife not to ask so many curious questions.
4. The captain of the team said to the players, “Try to win.”
→ The captain of the team told/instructed the players to try to win.
5. The teacher said to the boys, “Read your lessons well.”
→ The teacher advised the boys to read their lessons well.
6. Titania said to Bottom, “Come and sit with me on the bed of flowers.”
→ Titania asked Bottom to come and sit with him on the bed of flowers.
7. Hari said to the boys, “Depend on what I say.”
→ Hari told the boys to depend on what he said.
8. The teacher said, “Don’t make a noise when I am in the class.”
→ The teacher warned us not to make a noise when he was in the class.
9. Ranjan said to his friend, “Please lend me your pencil.”
→ Ranjan requested his friend to lend him his pencil.
10. “Calm yourself, please,” said the princess.
→ The princess requested me to calm myself.
11. He said, “Don’t ask so many questions.”
→ He told me not to ask so many questions.
12. “Stop that horrible noise,” he said.
→ He requested me to stop that horrible noise.
13. She said to me, “Try your luck elsewhere.”
→ She suggested me to try my luck elsewhere.
14. He said, “Daughter, take my golden jug, and fetch me some water from the well.”
→ He told his daughter to take his golden jug, and fetch him some water from the well.
15. He said to me, “Please remember what I told you.”
→ He requested me to remember what he had told me.
16. “Call the first witness,” said the judge.
→ The judge told me to call the first witness.
17. “Bring them here quickly, Anil,” said Rajendra.
→ Rajendra told me to bring them there quickly.
18. “Go and send off this letter,” she said to the maid.
→ She told the maid to go and send off this letter.
19. The teacher said, “Don’t sleep late and miss the train.”
→ The teacher advised us not to sleep late and miss the train.
20. The teacher said to the students, “Keep the books in your bags.”
→ The teacher advised the students to keep the books in their bags.
21. He said to the servants, “Take your things and be gone.”
→ He told the servants to take their things and be gone.
22. “Hurry up, please,” the driver said to the passengers.
→ The driver requested the passengers to hurry up.
23. The teacher said to them, “Do not waste your time.”
→ The teacher advised them not to waste their time.
24. “Look before you leap,” he advised her.
→ He advised her to look before she leapt.
25. “Don’t believe everything you hear,” he warned me.
→ He warned me not to believe everything I heard.
26. “Don’t touch this switch, John,” I said.
→ I warned John not to touch that switch.
27. “Do whatever you like,” she said to us.
→ She advised us to do whatever we liked.
28. “Read it for yourself if you don’t believe what I say is correct,” she told me.
→ She told me to read it for myself if I didn’t believe what she said was correct.
29. “Remember to switch off when you have finished,” she said to me.
→ She told me to remember to switch off when I had finished.
30. He said to me, “Help her the time you feel she is in need.”
→ He advised me to help her the time I felt she was in need.
31. I said, “Don’t drive so fast when the road is busy.”
→ I advised him not to drive so fast when the road was busy.
32. My mother said to me, “Stand by the window and tell me if anyone goes into the house opposite.
→ My mother told me to stand by the window and tell her if anyone went into the house opposite.
EXERCISE 84
Change the following into indirect speech-
1. He said, “Lend me your pen, will you?”
→ He requested me to lend him my pen.
2. He told me, “Shut the door, will you?”
→ He told me to shut the door.
3. He said to her, “Make tea for me, will you?”
→ He asked her to make tea for him.
4. He said, “Let us start the work.”
→ He suggested that we should start the work.
5. Mrs. Gandhi always said, “Let us work for the country day and night.”
→ Mrs. Gandhi always suggested that we should work for the country day and night.
6. Jack said to Jill, “Let us go to play.”
→ Jack proposed to Jill that we should go to play.
7. He said to me, “Let us sing together.”
→ He proposed to me that we should sing together.
8. I said to him, “Let us go for a picnic.”
→ I proposed to him that we should go for a picnic.
9. He said to me, “Let’s stop now and finish it later.”
→ He suggested to me that we should stop now and finish it later.
10. He said, “Let him catch the train.”
→ He suggested that he should catch the train.
11. He said, “Let him stay here.”
→ He suggested that he should stay there.
12. He said, “Let him rest in peace.”
→ He wished that he should rest in peace.
13. She said, “Let me go out.”
→ She wished that I should go out.
14. He said to his father, “Let me watch TV.”
→ He requested his father to let him watch TV.
15. He said to his mother, “Let me play here.”
→ He requested his mother to let him play there.
16. God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
→ God wished that there should be light and there was light.
17. The hare said to the tortoise, “Let us run a race.”
→ The hare suggested to the tortoise that we should run a race.
18. “Let us stay here till the storm has passed,” he said.
→ He suggested that we should stay there till the storm had passed.
19. He said to them, “Let us have a rest for a while.”
→ He suggested to them that we should have a rest for a while.
20. He suggested to me, “Let us leave the matter till tomorrow.”
→ He suggested to me that we should leave the matter till the following day.
EXERCISE 85 (Optative Sentences)
Turn the following into the indirect form of speech —
1. He said to me, “May you get success!”
→ He wished me that I might get success.
2. The mother said to her son, “May God bless you!”
→ The mother blessed her son that God might bless him.
3. He said to her, “May you succeed!”
→ He wished her that she might succeed.
4. He said, “God save the king!”
→ He prayed that God might save the king.
5. They said, “Long live our friendship!”
→ They wished that their friendship might live long.
6. The people said, “Long live the king!”
→ The people wished that the king might live long.
7. The woman said, “May you die of cholera!”
→ The woman cursed him that he might die of cholera.
8. The priest said to me, “May you be happy!”
→ The priest blessed me that I might be happy.
9. The labourers said, “Long live our unity!”
→ The labourers wished that their unity might live long.
10. He said, “May God pardon this sinner!”
→ He prayed that God might pardon this sinner.
11. My father said to me, “May God help you!”
→ My father wished me that God might help me.
12. He said, “May you die!”
→ He cursed her that she might die.
13. The hermit (एकांतवासी) said, “May you be blessed with a son!”
→ The hermit wished him that he might be blessed with a son.
14. We said, “May the soul of Gandhiji get peace in the heaven!”
→ We prayed that the soul of Gandhiji might get peace in the heaven.
15. He said, “May Heaven have pity on me!”
→ He wished that heaven might have pity on him.
16. He said, “May God bless all who love their fellowmen!”
→ He prayed that god might bless all who loved their fellowmen.
17. He said, “May the Chief Minister live long!”
→ He blessed that the Chief Minister might live long.
18. He said to me, “May you live long!”
→ He blessed me that I might live long.
EXERCISE 86 (Exclamatory Sentences)
Put the following into indirect speech —
1. He said, “Alas! I am undone.” (अफ़सोस! मैं तबाह हूँ।)
→ He exclaimed with sorrow that he was undone.
2. She said, “Alas! I am ruined.”
→ She exclaimed with sorrow that he was ruined.
3. She said, “Oh! I have cut my finger.”
→ She exclaimed with disgust that she had cut her finger.
4. They said, “Ah! My friend has come from America.”
→ They exclaimed with joy that their friend had come from America.
5. They said, “Hurrah! We have won the match.”
→ They exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
6. They said, “Bravo! You have done well.”
→ They exclaimed with applause that I had done well.
7. He said, “What a sweet song!”
→ He exclaimed with surprise/joy that it was very sweet song.
8. Sonu said, “What a beautiful sight it is!”
→ Sonu exclaimed with joy that it was a very beautiful sight.
9. He said, “How sweetly she sings!”
→ He exclaimed with joy that she sang very sweetly.
10. He said, “How dark the night is!”
→ He exclaimed with surprise that the night was very dark.
11. She said, “What a place!”
→ She exclaimed with joy that it was very fine/strange/lonely place.
12. Ram said, “What a fool!”
→ Ram exclaimed with regret that he was a great fool.
13. “What a piece of work is man!” he said.
→ He exclaimed with surprise that man was a remarkable creation.
14. She said, “What a horrible place it is!”
→ She exclaimed with surprise that it was a very horrible place.
15. He said to me, “How wicked of you to throw stones!”
→
16. They said, “How kind the king is!”
→ They exclaimed with joy that the king was very kind.
17. He said, “Hurrah! I have got a prize.”
→ He exclaimed with joy that he had got a prize.
18. He said, “How foolish I am!”
→ He exclaimed with regret that he was a big foolish.
19. He said, “Ah! What a fool I was!”
→ He exclaimed with regret that he had been a big fool.
20. She said to her friends, “What a beautiful flower!”
→ She exclaimed with joy that it was a very beautiful flower.
21. He said, “Ah! I am happy now.”
→ He exclaimed with joy that he was happy then.
EXERCISE 87
Put the following into indirect speech-
1. He said, “Thank you!”
→ He thanked me.
2. He said, “Goodbye, my friends.”
→ He bid farewell to his friends.
3. She told me, “Welcome!”
→ She welcomed me.
4. She said to me, “Good morning!”
→ He wished me good morning.
5. He said to me, “All the best!”
→ He wished me all the best.
6. He told me, “Congratulations!”
→ He congratulated me.
7. She told me, “You foolish boy!”
→ She called me a foolish boy.
8. He said, “What a folly!” (कैसी मूर्खता है।)
→ He exclaimed with sorrow that it was a great folly.
9. They said, “What a fall!”
→ They exclaimed with sorrow that it was a big fall.
10. He said, “Oh! Enough!”
→ He exclaimed with disgust that it was enough.
11. He said, “What a great mistake I have made!”
→ He exclaimed with regret that he had made a great mistake.
12. The teacher said, “You boy! Stand up on the bench.”
→ The teacher
13. He said, “What an idea!”
→ He exclaimed with joy that it was an extraordinary idea.
14. He said, “Fool! Liar!”
→ He called me a fool and liar.
15. She said, “Happy Diwali!”
→ He wished me a happy Diwali.
