Practice
Re arrange the following sentences to form meaningful sentence:
1.won/by/ focus/virtue/work/and/of his/hard/Lance Armstrong
2. great/champion/He/a/American/was/cycling
3. said/ The/ that/ was/Lance/President/ human being/extraordinary/an
4. can/ learn/him/We/from/to/tough/embrace/face/challenges/life/and/day by day
5. scars/ Graham/fully/is/recovered/now/but/remain/the
6. girl/saved /who/The/was/his life/a wonderful/little/brave/person
Reported Speech - Questions
…/imperatives….statements…dialogues
1 To report questions the indirect speech is introduced by verbs such as ….asked,
inquired …etc.
Example: He said to me, ‘‘what are you doing here? ’’
He asked me what I was doing there.
2. To report yes/no questions, we use if or whether.
Example: He said to me, ‘‘Are you interested?’’
He asked me if I was interested.
He said to them, ‘‘Will you listen to such a person?’’
He asked them whether they would listen to such a person.
3. To report imperatives.
We use verbs such as requested, ordered, directed, suggested…etc
Example: He said to the boys, ‘‘don’t play on the lawn.’’.
He ordered the boys not to play on the lawn.
They said to us, ‘‘let’s all go to the beach.
They suggested that…..
‘‘Please listen to me, ’’ She said to them.
She requested them to …..
4. To report statements
Make the following changes
Tense change ( verb in the past tense – can be changed to past perfect)
Pronoun change
Words denoting time and place – eg today –that day, yesterday –the day before…etc
In Sentences conveying a habitual truth, a universal truth, a scientific fact-the verb tense
does not change,
Example:Teacher said to the students , ‘ ‘ The sun rises in the east’’.
Teacher told the students that the sun rises in the east.
Maha said to Sara, ‘ ‘ I will bring your book tomorrow’’
Maha told Sara that she would bring her book the next day.
She said , ‘ ‘ We ate ice cream at the mall yesterday.’’
She said that they had eaten ice cream at the mall the previous day/ the day before.
PRACTICE
Ex 1 Report the following:
1. Ajeet said,''This tree is very old''
2. ''Will you buy organic fruits.'' asked Jayanti
3. ''I was reading about water conservation.'' Kabir remarked.
4. ''Switch off the lights'' instructed Tina.
5. Ayaz said,'' Please recycle plastic waste.''
6. Dilnaz said '' It will be better not to buy A petrol-guzzling car .''
7. They said,'' We ran home in the rain.''
8. “ Let’s present a skit’’ The class monitor said to us.
Ex 2 Read the following dialogue and complete the paragraph below using reported
speech
Judge: What are you charged with?
Prisoner: Sir, for doing my Diwali shopping early.
Judge: But that is not an offense. How early were you doing it?
Prisoner: Well sir, to avoid the rush I thought it would be better if I completed it before
the store opened.
The judge being in a great mood before the Diwali festival asked the
prisoner.a)___________________________________________.The prisoner sensing his
good mood patiently replied b) __________________________________.The surprised
Judge declared that it was’t an offence. He further enquired
c)_______________________________Humbly the prisoner replied that to avoid the
rush, he had thought it would be better d)____________________________________
Ex 3
Sara: Where is my umbrella?
Jade: I saw one in the living room.
Sara: What colour is it?
Jade: It is a colourful one.
Sara a) __________Jade where her umbrella was.Jade replied that she
b)_________________in the living room. Sara then asked her what colour
c)_____________ to which Jade answered that
d)____________________________________________________
Ex 4
Ticket collector: ticket please.
Beggar: I don’t have a ticket.
Ticket collector :( annoyed) I’ll have to throw you out of the compartment.
Beggar: Please sir, don’t throw me out of the compartment.
The ticket collector a) _______________________ .The beggar replied that
he b)_____________________________________ The ticket collector
looked annoyed and told him that c)
____________________________________.The beggar pleaded with the
ticket collector d)_____________________________
Reported Speech Practice
Change the speech:
(a)The Principal said to Rajat,” Would you like to participate in the debate?” He said
“Yes”.
(b)Shalini said to Malini, “ Why did you take my pencil ?”
(c )“Have you completed the English homework Clive ?” said, Mrs David to her son.
(d)“No, mother” replied Clive, “ I’ll just complete it.”
(e) The student said to the Principal,” I’m sorry sir, I broke the window by mistake.”
Read the following conversation between two friends. Complete the
passage given below:
Meena : The prices of onions are touching the sky.
Renu: Yes, I never knew onions will be so expensive ! If I had known about it,I would
have bought twenty kilos from the wholesale market.
Meena: Yes, at this rate, I won’t be surprised if people start investing in onions instead of
gold!
Meena told Renu that (a) ____________________________. Renu replied that she (b)
_____________________and that if (c)_______________wholesale market.Meena
agreed and said that (d) _________________ in onions instead of gold.
3.Read the following dialogue and change the narration to fill in the gaps given below:
Nafisa: Take two eggs and beat them till they are fluffy. Then add 1 ½ cup of flour, 1
tablespoon of baking powder and two cups of sugar and beat well. Afsha: Can I use a
fork to beat the eggs? Nafisa: Yes you can. Finally add a little vanilla essence and bake
the cake for 45 minutes to an hour.
Afsha: I’ll surely bake the cake. Thank you for the recipe.
Nafisa told Afsha (a) _______________. Then she told her to (b) __________ Afsha
asked whether (c) __________ Nafisa said that (d)_____________
4.Jerome: I generally prefer to sleep inside a bed
Harris : It’s cold in there, I’ll sleep outside.
George: What time shall I wake you both?
Harris: I want to be up at seven.
Jerome: I want to write some letters. George, please wake me at 6.30.
The author Jerome said that he (a) _______________________________
Harris (b) ________________________________George(c)____________________
Harris(d)_______________________
Jerome (e)______________________
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HW
Ann:Where did you travel to in the holidays?
Sam:I visited the monuments in Greece and Turkey.
Ann:Did you go there with friends?
Sam:I travelled there with my parents and cousin.
Ann:I want to see the pictures you have taken
Complete using reported speech.
Ann _______________Sam said that _____________________________
Ann wanted _______________friends
Sam told her ______________________ then Ann said that she ________________
