The document provides examples of direct and indirect speech. It includes direct quotes from people and their reporting in indirect speech. It also contains exercises changing direct speech to indirect speech and vice versa. Some examples are provided with corrections. The summary focuses on the overall content and purpose of the document which is to provide examples and exercises on direct and indirect speech.

1. Direct indirect speech
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Direct and indirect speech exercises
Direct - indirect speech exercise 1 Complete sentences.
Direct - indirect speech exercise 2 Report a dialogue.
Direct - indirect speech exercise 3 Correct mistakes.
Direct - indirect speech exercise 4 Choose correct answers.
Indirect - direct speech exercise 5 Rewrite sentences.
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2. Jahnvii said, “I write a letter”.
Jahnvii said that she wrote a letter
The designer said to her, ‘will you have the dress ready
by tomorrow evening?’
Sol; The designer asked her if she
would had dress ready the next
evening .
They said, ‘Let us come in’.

3. Reshma said to Priya, ‘Why are you sketching
on the wall?’
Reshma asked priya that why she was sketching
on the wall?
‘Jacob fell as he’d have wished’, the father said.
the father said that Jacob had fallen as he have
wished
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Arya said to Tara, ‘David will leave for his
mother’s place tomorrow’
Arya told tara that david would leave for his
mother’s place the next day
She said, ‘Why didn’t you send a friend request to
me?’
She asked that why didn’t I send a friend request

4. to her.
Direct : She said to me, “Open the window.”
Indirect : she ordered me to open the window .
Direct : The captain said to the soldiers, “Attack the
enemy.”
Indirect : the caption ordered/commanded to the
soldiers to attack the enemy .
Direct : I said to him, “Leave this place at once.”
Indirect : I ordered him to leave that place at once .
Direct : The teacher said to the students, “Listen to me
attentively.”
Indirect : The teacher advised /resquested the students
to listen her attentively .
Direct : The Principal said to the peon, “Ring the bell.”
Indirect : the principle ordered the peon to ring the bell
Direct : I said to him, “Please bring me a glass of
water.”
Indirect ; I resquested him to bring me a glass of water

5. Direct : I said to my friend, “Please lend me your
book.”
Indirect : I resquested my friend to lend me his book
i) He said, “I will do it now.”
Answer:
He said that he would do it then
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(ii) He says, “Honesty is the best policy.”
Answer:
He says that Honesty is the best policy.”
(iii) Ramesh says, “I have written a letter.”
Answer:
Ramesh said that he has written a letter
(iv) She said, “Mahesh will be reading a book.”
Answer:.
She said that Mahesh would be reading a book

6. (v) She said, “Where is your father?”
Answer:
She asked where my father was ?
He said to me, “Please take your book.”
Answer:
he requested me to take my book
(vii) The Principal said to the peon, “Let this boy go out.”
Answer:
The Principal oedered the peon to Let that boy went
out.”
(viii) He said to me, “May you live long!”
Answer:
He prayed that I might live long !

7. (ix) She said, “Goodbye friends!”
Answer:
She wished goodbye to friends
 Direct speech: “I have a new car.”
 Indirect speech: he had a new car
 Direct speech: “I’m seeing my
brother tomorrow.”
 Indirect speech: she said she was seeing her
brother the following day
 Direct speech: “I had a headache yesterday.”
 Indirect speech: she said the she had been
headache the previous day

9. ASSERATIVE TO INTROGATIVE
1.She lives in Canada.
doesn’t she live in Canada?
2. Meera writes plays for the television.
Doesn’t meera write plays for the television?
3. He has always wanted to be an inventor.
Hasn’t he always wanted to be an inventor?
4. He teaches Sanskrit at a government school.
Isn’t he teaches Sanskrit at a government school?

10. 5. He wants to quit his job.
Doesn’t he want to quit his job?
6. They launched their business last year.
Didn’t they launch their business last year?
7. He made a fortune when he sold his apparel business
to a foreign company.
Didn’t he make a a fortune when he sell his apparel
business to a foreign company?
8. The mother reprimanded the boy for coming home
late.
Didn’t the mother reprimand the boy for coming home
late.?
9. She put the books on the table.
Doesn’t she put the books on the table ?
10. Rahul met his ex-girlfriend at the party.
Didn’t rahul meet his ex-girlfriend at the party?
11. He borrowed 1000 dollars from his uncle.
Didn’t he borrow 1000 dollars from his uncle?
12. Rohan broke another window yesterday.

11. Didn’t rohan break another windoe yesterday?
13. The boy fed the cats.
Didn’t the boy feed the cat?
14. He works at a multinational company.
Doesn’t he work at a multinational company?
Assertive – He is in the school.
Interrogative ;isn’t he in the school ?
Assertive – You can do the work.
Interrogative –cann’t you do the work ?
Assertive – He played good football.
Interrogative –didn’t he play good football ?
Assertive – She likes ice-cream.
Interrogative doesn’t she likes ice cream
Assertive – You never play football.
Interrogative – do you ever play football ?
Assertive – I have nothing to do?
Interrogative – have I anything to do ?
Assertive – Nothing can ruin him.
Interrogative –can anything ruin him ?
Rule 5:

12. Assertive – Everybody wants to be win.
Interrogative –who does not to be win ?
Assertive – Everybody All loves flowers.
Interrogative – who does not love flower ?
1 She was not upset with him.
Was she upset with him ?
2. They were impressed with her
performance.
Weren’t they impressed with her performance
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3. They will attend the party.
Won’t they attain the party ?
4. He has not finished his work.
Had he finish ___Q_______
5. He has returned from work.

13. 6. She works here.
Doesn’t she work here ?
7. She did not offend me.
Did she offend me ?
8. She did not accept the invitation.
Did she accept the invitation
9. He does not know the answer
Does he QQQQQ.
10. He was not kind to me.
Was he QQQQQQQQQ
11. They were not interested in the offer.
Were theyQQQQ
12. She cannot speak English.

14. CAN SHE qqqqqq
13. I can solve this problem.
Cann’t I solve QQQ
14. He isn't intelligent.
Is he ,…..
15. He lives with his parents.
Doesn’t he …..
16. He did not complete the work.
did He complete the work ?

15. Asserative to exclamatory
1.You are very slow.
How slow are you!
2. She is very beautiful.
How beaytiful she is!

16. 3. They are very happy here.
How happy they are here !
4. It was a very marvelous sight.
How marvelous sight it was !
5. This is a very moving story.
How moving story this is !
6. I am very fortunate.
How fortunate I am !
7. It was a very difficult puzzle.
What a difficult puzzle it was !
8. They are very excited about the journey.
How exited they are about the journey !
9. I was very surprised when I heard the news.
How surprised I was when I heard the news!
10. It was a very hot day.
What a hot day it was !

17. 1. I wish I were young again.
O ! I were young again
. It is sad to think that youth should pass away.
. Alas ! youth should pass away
. It is very sad that poor Kamla is dead.
. Alas ! poor Kamla is dead.
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. The Taj is a very beautiful monument.
. How beautifull monument the taj mahal is !
. She is very beautiful.
0. How beautiful she is !
11.She dances very well.
How well she dance !
12.A terrible fate awaits the man.
how a terrible fate await the man !
13.He leads a most unhappy life.
What a most unhappy life he leads !
14.The weather is very charming indeed.
How charming the weathear is !
15.It was the most eloquent speech.
6. How eloquent speech was !
7.

18. 18.It is a beautiful day.
What a beaytiful day it is !
19.That was a nerve-racking match.
What a nerve racking match that was !
20.Max has an amazing car.
What an amazing car max has !
21.You have a beautiful girl to love.
What a beautiful girl you have to love !
22.He was shocked to see me.
How shocked he was to see me !
23.You are fortunate to have her.
How vchgfadretfurshbui
24.The place was expensive.
How expensive the place !
25.The weather is romantic.
How romatic the weather is !
26.They are excited to come to my place
27.How jbvuydfrsrfdhuykyuj.

19. Remove too and add so that
He is too old to walk without support.
He is so old that he cann’t work without support .
2.It is too late to start now.
It is not so late that one cann’t start .
3. The box is too heavy for me to lift.
The box is so heavy that I cann’t lift .
4. You are too young to understand this.
You are so young that you cann’t understand this .
5. He is smart enough to solve this puzzle.
He is so smart enough that he will able solve the puzzle.
6. The offer is too good to be true.
The is so good that it cannot be true.
7. He is too proud to beg.
He is so proud that he cann’t beg

20. 8. I am too tired to work now.
I am so tired that I cann’t work .
9. He is too intelligent to be taught.
He is so intelligent that he cannit be taught
10. The watch was too expensive to be bought.
The watch was so expensive that cann’t be brought.
11. He isn’t old enough to live on his own.
He is so young that he cannot live on his own.
The news is too good to be true.
The news is so ggod that it cann’t be true .
The thief ran too fast for the police to catch..
The thief ran so fast for the police cann’t to catch
He is too proud to beg.
he is so proud that he cann’t beg

21. The tea was too hot to drink.
The tree was so hot it cann’t be drank
The bag was too heavy for me to lift.
The bag was so heavy that I cann’t lift it
He spoke too fast to be understood.
he spoke so fast that it cann’t be understood
Mr McGuinness is from Ireland, ?

22. . Q-TAGS
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. The car isn't in the garage ,is it , ?
. You are John, aren’t u ?
. She went to the library yesterday, didn’t she ?
. He didn't recognize me, did he ?
. Cars pollute the environment, doesn’t they ?
. Mr. Pritchard has been to Scotland recently,
hasn’t he ?
0. The trip is very expensive, isn’t it ?

23. He has missed the train.
Answer:
the train has been missed by him
(ii) Do they speak French?
Answer:
Is French spoken by them ?
(iii) Was he reading a book?
Answer:
Was a book being read by there ?
(iv) Compose this letter.
Answer:
let the letter been composed
(v) Where did you buy this pen from?
Answer:
(vi) Who wrote this speech?
Answer:

24. By whom this speech had written ?
(vii) One should respect one’s elders.
Answer:
Elder should be respected
(viii) I did not praise anybody.
Answer:
Nobody was praised by me.
(ix) He hurt his leg in an accident.
Answer:
(x) Someone was knocking at the door.
Answer:the door was being knocked by someone