Exercise: 1
She likes to read write and draw
The sun is shining
We are going to the park to play
He has a cat a dog and a fish
Exercise: 2
What time is it
That is a beautiful painting
Can you help me with this
Watch out for the car
Exercise:3
I love the song Let It Go said Anna
Please sit down said the teacher
Can you believe it he exclaimed
What do you want to eat she asked
Exercise: 4
The cats toy is on the floor
She cant come to the party
Its raining outside
Thats Johns bike
Exercise: 5
She brought three things a book a pen and a notebook
I have a big test tomorrow I can’t go out tonight
He loves playing football however he hates running
There are two choices stay home or go out
Answer Key: 1
She likes to read, write, and draw.
The sun is shining.
We are going to the park to play.
He has a cat, a dog, and a fish.
Answer Key: 2
What time is it?
That is a beautiful painting!
Can you help me with this?
Watch out for the car!
Answer Key: 3
“I love the song ‘Let It Go’,” said Anna.
“Please sit down,” said the teacher.
“Can you believe it?” he exclaimed.
“What do you want to eat?” she asked.
Answer Key: 4
The cat’s toy is on the floor.
She can’t come to the party.
It’s raining outside.
That’s John’s bike.
Answer Key: 5
She brought three things: a book, a pen, and a notebook.
I have a big test tomorrow; I can’t go out tonight.
He loves playing football; however, he hates running.
There are two choices: stay home or go out.
1. Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.
1. John said, ‘I love this city.’
2. “Be nice to others”, Priya said.
3. “Don’t waste your money” he said to the boys.
4. She said, “everyone loves her.”
5. She said, “He works in a bank.”
6. Seema said, ‘I don’t have a laptop.”
7. Kanika said, “I don’t go to the gym very often.”
8. “We don’t travel much”, she said.
9. He said, “we like working in London.”
10. She said, “she never gets up early on Sunday.”
Question 2:
Change the following into indirect speech.
1. I said to Prerana, “How do you travel to office everyday?” .
2. Shivam said to his mother, “Where does the rain come from?”
3. “Do you know the way to the paradise?”A crazy man asked me.
4. Maria said to her daughter, “At what time will you come back?”
5. The man said to the mechanic, “By what time will you have fixed the tyre of my bike?”
6. Varun says to Tarun, “Where did you go yesterday?”
7. “Is there anything special in it?” She asked.
8. “Hark! I can smell something here” said Mr Naik to his colleagues.
9. “Alas! we have lost the game.” said Shishir to his friend.
10. “How intelligent you are!” Manjiri said to her grandfather.
Question 3:
Rewrite the sentences into direct speech from indirect speech.
1. Miara said that she wrote a letter.
2. Kiran said that she was going to the temple.
3. The teacher said that the Sun rises in the East.
4. He said that he had been reading a novel.
5. Nelson said that he had been playing badminton.
6. He ordered her to be careful.
7. Raman exclaimed joyfully that she was very beautiful.
8. He asked where she was going.
9. He said that he didn’t know the way and asked her if she did.
10. The Science teacher told the class that ice floats on water.
Answer:
1. John said that he loved that city.
2. Priya told me to be nice to others.
3. He advised the boys not to waste their money.
4. She said that everyone loved her.
5. She said he worked in a bank.
6. Seema said that she didn’t have a laptop.
7. Kanika said that she didn’t go to the gym very often.
8. She said that they didn’t travel much.
9. He said that they liked working in London.
She said that she never got up early on Sundays.
Answer:
1. I asked Prerana how she travel to office everyday.
2. Shivam asked his mother where the rain comes from.
3. A crazy man asked me whether I knew the way to Paradise.
4. Maria asked her daughter at what time she would come back.
5. The man asked the mechanic by what time he would have fixed the type of his bike.
6. Varun asks Tarun where he went yesterday.
7. She asked whether there was anything special in it.
8. Mr Naik exclaimed with fear and said to his colleagues that he could smell something there.
9. Shishir exclaimed with sorrow and told his friend that they have lost the game.
10. Manjiri told her grandfather that he was very intelligent.
Answer:
1. Miara said, “I write a letter.”
2. Kiran said, “I am going to the temple.”
3. The teacher said, “The Sun rises in the East.”
4. He said, “I have been reading a novel.”
5. Nelson said, “I have been playing badminton.”
6. “Be careful”, he said to her.
7. “How beautiful she is!” said Raman.
8. He said, “Where is she going?”
9. “I don’t know the way. Do you?” he asked.
10. The science teacher told the class, “Ice floats on water.”
