Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box:
(respond; dismal; grumbled; daft; slapped)
1. The --------------- weather made the late afternoon seem like evening.
2. Don't ask such ---------------- questions.
3. The servant ------------- at the low pay offered to him.
4. He didn't ------------- to my questions.
Change the following sentences from Direct into Indirect:
1. The teacher said to us, "The boys were playing football."
2, He said, " He came yesterday."
3. The astrologer will say, " I have to work hard."
4. The teacher said, " Slow and steady wins the race."
5. The father said to the children, " It will rain tonight."
Choose the correct verb from the brackets:
1. He ------------ out five minutes ago. (has gone; had gone; went).
2. When he lived on Hyderabad, he ------------------- to the cinema once a week. (goes; went; was going).
3. The baby ------------- all morning.( cries; has been crying).
4. I -------------- Rahim at the zoo.(saw; have seen; had seen)|.
5. I --------------- kumar thos week.(haven't seen; didn't see; am not seeing).
convert into indirect speech
1)The teacher said,"the Quit India movement was in 1942."
2)The trainer said to him,"If you focus,you will be a great batsman one day."
3) Tarun said to me ,'I sall meet you in the evening at 7p.m. so don't forget to be on time"
4) T he teacher said to me ,"child ,you are attempting the wrong question."
In chapter 10 of english that is REPORTED SPEECH after the para INVERTED COMMAS ............... BY THE SPEAKER an example is given so there in the indirect speech it is written that THE TEACHER SAID SHE WOULD GIVE THE TEST ON REPORTED SPEECH TODAY so in the first two examples by the direct speech by the speaker and the direct reported speech at the last it is tommorrow but why in the last one it is today not the next day and in the second example also why it is tommorrow nor the next day?And where we use:- the next day ,the next week ,the next month ,the previous year ,that day,etc?
in the last example will the indirect speech be ...Roger said that they would be back after nine.
In the answer it is stated by nine
What is Reported Speech
Change the following sentences into indirect speech:
1. Grandmother said " I think Rahul is very lazy."
2. Joseph says, " I have lived in India for four years."
3. Munira said, " The cat drank up all the milk."
4. They said, " Yesterday we went to the cinema."
5. The teacher said to us, " I shall not teach your class tomorrow."
Choose the correct verb from those in brackets:
1. I --------------------- English for five years.(study;am studying; have been studying).
2. Don't disturn me, I ---------------- my homework. (do; did; am doing).
3. Abdul ------------------- to be a doctor. ( wants; wanting; is wanting).
4. The soup ------------ good.(taste; tastes; is tasting).
5. He --------- TV most evenings. (watches; is watch; is watching).
CAN'T UNDERSTAND SECOND ONE?
Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box:
(respond; dismal; grumbled; daft; slapped)
1. The --------------- weather made the late afternoon seem like evening.
2. Don't ask such ---------------- questions.
3. The servant ------------- at the low pay offered to him.
4. He didn't ------------- to my questions.
1.the captain said,'hurray!we won the match'
Change the following sentences from Direct into Indirect:
1. The teacher said to us, "The boys were playing football."
2, He said, " He came yesterday."
3. The astrologer will say, " I have to work hard."
4. The teacher said, " Slow and steady wins the race."
5. The father said to the children, " It will rain tonight."
2.He said to me,"I need a job".3.They said,"We can do anything".4.She said to me,"I am watching a movie".
5.The teacher said,"I corrected your notebook".
1. She said to me, "You have made a great mistake in your statement."
2, He said to me, "I can easily beat you in the match."
3. The lady said, "l have not been able to finish my work this evening."
4. I said to him. "I do not think you are working hard." He replied, "You are quite mistaken, I am working very hard.
5. I said, " I shall finish my work as quickly as I can."
6. The poet said ." Sweet are the use of adversity."
Choose the correct verb from the brackets:
1. He ------------ out five minutes ago. (has gone; had gone; went).
2. When he lived on Hyderabad, he ------------------- to the cinema once a week. (goes; went; was going).
3. The baby ------------- all morning.( cries; has been crying).
4. I -------------- Rahim at the zoo.(saw; have seen; had seen)|.
5. I --------------- kumar thos week.(haven't seen; didn't see; am not seeing).
convert into indirect speech
1)The teacher said,"the Quit India movement was in 1942."
2)The trainer said to him,"If you focus,you will be a great batsman one day."
3) Tarun said to me ,'I sall meet you in the evening at 7p.m. so don't forget to be on time"
4) T he teacher said to me ,"child ,you are attempting the wrong question."
In chapter 10 of english that is REPORTED SPEECH after the para INVERTED COMMAS ............... BY THE SPEAKER an example is given so there in the indirect speech it is written that THE TEACHER SAID SHE WOULD GIVE THE TEST ON REPORTED SPEECH TODAY so in the first two examples by the direct speech by the speaker and the direct reported speech at the last it is tommorrow but why in the last one it is today not the next day and in the second example also why it is tommorrow nor the next day?And where we use:- the next day ,the next week ,the next month ,the previous year ,that day,etc?
in the last example will the indirect speech be ...Roger said that they would be back after nine.
In the answer it is stated by nine
What is Reported Speech
Change the following sentences into indirect speech:
1. Grandmother said " I think Rahul is very lazy."
2. Joseph says, " I have lived in India for four years."
3. Munira said, " The cat drank up all the milk."
4. They said, " Yesterday we went to the cinema."
5. The teacher said to us, " I shall not teach your class tomorrow."
Choose the correct verb from those in brackets:
1. I --------------------- English for five years.(study;am studying; have been studying).
2. Don't disturn me, I ---------------- my homework. (do; did; am doing).
3. Abdul ------------------- to be a doctor. ( wants; wanting; is wanting).
4. The soup ------------ good.(taste; tastes; is tasting).
5. He --------- TV most evenings. (watches; is watch; is watching).
CAN'T UNDERSTAND SECOND ONE?