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The document provides examples of converting direct speech into indirect speech across various sentence types, including universal truths, imperative sentences, exclamatory sentences, assertive sentences, optative sentences, and interrogative sentences. Each example illustrates how to change the structure while maintaining the original meaning. It serves as a guide for understanding the transformation between direct and indirect speech.

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Direct indirect

The document provides examples of converting direct speech into indirect speech across various sentence types, including universal truths, imperative sentences, exclamatory sentences, assertive sentences, optative sentences, and interrogative sentences. Each example illustrates how to change the structure while maintaining the original meaning. It serves as a guide for understanding the transformation between direct and indirect speech.

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(Direct & Indirect)

Direct Indirect

Universal Truth
1. The teacher said, “The earth is round”. 1. The teacher said that the earth is round.
2. The religious teacher said, “God is one”. 2. The religious teacher said that God is one.
3. He said, “Honesty is the best policy”. 3. He said that Honesty is the best policy.
4. My teacher said, “God is merciful”. 4. My teacher said that God is merciful.
5. I said to my pupil, “God helps those who 5. I said my pupil that God helps those who help
help themselves. themselves.
6. My father said, “Allah is great”. 6. My father said that Allah is great.
7. He said, “Man is mortal”. 7. He said that Man is mortal.
8. He said, “the sun is stationery’. 8. He said that the sun is stationery.

Imperative Sentences
9. He said to me, “Tell the truth”. 9. He advised me to tell the truth.
10. The Judge said, “Call the next witness”. 10. The Judge ordered to call the next witness
11. The teacher said, “Do not make a noise”. 11. The Teacher forbade to make a noise.
12. The Master said to the servant, “Go and 12. The master ordered the servant to fetch him a glass of
fetch me a glass of water”. water.
13. He said to the peon, “Ring the bell”. 13. He ordered the peon to ring the bell.
14. He said to his servant, “Do not sit here”. 14. He ordered his servant not to sit here.
15. He said to his servant, “Polish my shoes”. 15. He ordered his servant to polish his shoes.
16. He said to his son, “Do not walk in the rain”. 16. He advised his son not to walk in the rain.
17. He said to the clerk, “Check the register”. 17. He ordered his clerk to check the register.
18. He said to me, “Sit quietly”. 18. He requested me to sit quietly.
19. He said to his servant, “Shut the door”. 19. He ordered his servant to shut the door.
20. He said to his servant, “Open the door”. 20. He ordered his servant to open the door.

Exclamatory Sentences
21. He said, “Alas! I am ruined!” 21. He exclaimed with sorrow that he was ruined.
22. He said, “How well she sings!” 22. He exclaimed with wonder that she sang very well.
23. He said, “We have won the match”. 23. He exclaimed with joy that they had won the match”.
24. He said, “Hurrah! “I have won the prize”. 24. He exclaimed with joy that He had won the prize.
25. He said, “Alas! My father has died.” 25. He exclaimed with sorrow that his father had died.
26. He said, “Alas My son has failed”. 26. He exclaimed with sorrow that his son had failed.
27. He said, “Alas I am ruined”. 27. He exclaimed with sorrow that he was ruined.
28. They said, “Hurrah Our team has won the 28. They exclaimed with joy that their team had won the
match”. match.
29. He said, “What a lovely place it is!” 29. He exclaimed with wonder that it was lovely place.
30. She said, “What a lovely flower it is!” 30. She exclaimed with wonder that it was very pretty
flower.
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Assertive Sentences
31. He said, “I am unwell”. 31. He told that he was Un well.
32. She said to me, “you are lazy boy’. 32. She told me that I was lazy boy.
33. They said, “Our teacher is on leave”. 33. They told that their teacher was on leave.
34. He said, “I am not a thief”. 34. He told that he was not a thief.
35. He said, “We have done our duty”. 35. He told that they had done their duty.
36. He said to the stranger, “I do not recognize 36. He told the stranger that he did not recognize him.
you’.
37. He said, “She will go there”. 37. He told that she would go there.

Optative Sentences
38. The mother said to her son, “May God bless 38. The mother prayed for her son that God might bless
you with a son”. him with a son.
39. She said to her father, ‘May you live long”. 39. He prayed for her father that he might live long.
40. The mother said to his son, “May you return 40. The mother prayed her son that he might return
successful”. successful.
41. She said, “May you prosper”. 41. She prayed that he might prosper.

Interrogative Sentences

42. She said, “Is this your book”. 42. She asked if that book was her.
43. Raza said, “Where are you going”. 43. Raza asked where he was going.
44. The teacher said, “Whose is this book”. 44. The teacher asked whose that book was.
45. She said, “where do you live’. 45. She asked where she lived.
46. I said to him, “Have you done your duty”. 46. I asked him if he had done his duty.

47. He said, “Will you listen to me”. 47. He asked if he would listen to him”?

48. The judge said, “Have you anything more to 48. The Judge asked if he had anything to say.
say”.

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