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awakened me to
1. I said to my mother, "It is my Mathematics teacher who has the
beauty of Mathematics as a subject."
do my work"
2. I remember that you said, "UUsually I don't take my parents' help to
3. Richa said, "AIl the books ying on the shelf are mine.
the company for five years and
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nobody has ever found fault with my work."
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6. You yourself once said, "I have tried my level best to solve the financial
problems of
my friends but nobody has ever thanked me."
7. Ashima said, "If I have a problem, my mother is always there to help me."
8. The young man said, "I want to learn to read and write and I am prepared to do
whatever my teacher wants me to."
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1. Mrs Kao said to the students, "You should carefuly read the question at leds.
twice before you start writing the answer."
2. Mrs Krishnan said to me, "The stories you tell in the class are very interesting."
3. Mandira said to Tanu, "If you keep on workina hard, you will definitely succeed in
realising your dreams."
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company would have suffered a heavy loss."
6. My father said to me, "Your performance has improved during the past six months, but
you must improve it further."
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already been opened."
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I can't allow you to waste my hard-earned money."
3. The teacher said to Neha, "You should do this exercise all over again tomorrow, for
it is full of mistakes."
4. The old man said, "It is hunger that makes our food tasty, whether we are young or
old, rich or poor."
5. Divyabh said, "Papa, I thank you very much for the beautiful wrist watch you've presented
me on my birthday."
6. "My mother is not available at the moment, but she will be back in about half an hour"
said Vibhu.
7. I said, "I admit that I acted thoughtlessly in what I did."
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Exercise 6. Change the following from direct to indirect speech:
1. "How many students have alreadv taken admission tó the French class?" I aSKed
the teacher.
2. Naren said to the dealer, "Can you show me a second-hand car in good condition?"
3. "How long would you take to service my washing machine?" Isaid to the mechanic.
4. "Do you need my help to arrange these books on the shelf?" I said to Mira.
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1. "What an excellent suggestion you gave!" said Jimmy to me.
2. "How gracious of you to have remembered my birthday!" said Pooja to neru e
3. "Oh God, what a traffic jam we've been cauaht in! I'm sure to miss the traln, sdid
Anshuman.
4. "How beautiful these paintings are!" said Raian, "wepdeawhoas yaiutsee^
5. "Welcome to Sonal's birthday party1" said Sonal's mother to her friends. Eipe
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6. "May God bless you with a glorious success!" said Rahul's mother to him.
7 "May God save me from sin!" I prayed.
2 Exercise 9. Change the following from direct to indirect speech (miscellaneous sentences):
1, Isaid to Raman, "Did Vibhu inform you that she would be late?"
2. The teacher said to Jagjit, "Don't complain that this rose branch has thorns. Be thankful
to God that this branch full of thorns has a rose also."
3. While coming back home, Girish said to me, "How impressive was the speaker's language!
But did you understand what he wanted to say?"
4. Addressing the members, the Chairman said, "Do you all agree that unless we
computerise all our working, we cannot show much progress?"
5. One of the members got up and said, "If we install computers, many employees
will have to be dismissed. AcezyoeproparcEO en Sir
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