REPORTED SPEECH
Read the dialogues given below and then complete the passage that follows.
1. Teacher: Children, let us all pledge to save trees.
Children: Yes ma’am, we all pledge to save our trees as the trees are the lungs of the city.
Teacher: Let us start today by planting a sapling.
The teacher asked all the children to pledge to save trees. The children replied affirmatively (a)
___that they all pledge to save their trees _____as the (b) _ trees are the lungs of the city
_____________. Then the teacher said that (c) ______________________.
2. Gardener: Did you water the plant today?
Meenu: No, but I will, today.
Gardener: Then tomorrow I will get a sapling of sunflower.
The Gardener asked Meenu (a) _______________. Meenu replied negatively but (b)
______________. Then the gardener said that (c) ___________________.
3. Sarita: Tomorrow is your birthday, what do you want as a gift?
Neelima: That is a lovely thought but I don’t want anything.
Sarita asked Neelima, since the next day was her birthday, (a) ________________. Neelima
replied that (b) _______________but (c) ____________________.
4. Mother: Why are you looking so worried?
Daughter: My exams are approaching.
Mother: When will they start?
Daughter: Next month, Mother.
Mother asked her daughter (a) ______________. The daughter replied that (b)
_______________. Mother further asked (c) _______________. The daughter told her mother
that they would start in the following month.
5. Doctor: You should take this medicine every day.
Patient: Should I take it before dinner or after dinner?
Doctor: No, you should take it after breakfast.
The Doctor advised the patient that (a) ___________________. The patient further asked (b)
___________________________. The doctor replied negatively and then said (c)
__________________.
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