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SPE.ECH
-- 0 ----------C_____.;) _______ • Kinds of SPEECH
The manner of i> O ~ o _ DIRECTSPEECH -
INDIRECT SPEECH
t. conveying the words ~ Quoting the exact words of the I (Reported Speech)
of the speaker is speaker. Narrating the words of the
known as SPEECH. For e1<omple: speaker.
Sahli said, "I am enjoying the I For Example·
I. Republic Day Parade."
I I Sahil said that he was enjoying
the Republic Day Parade.

>al?
>py_ :___________ ., Conversion of Direct Speech into INDIRECT
f)
I 7
• Remove the inverted commas(" ")
• Place a reporting verb (sald etc.) followed by a conjunction before the reported speech. I
•. • Change the tense corresponding to the tense of the reporting verb.
Change the pronoun.
l
I Change the expressions of time and place.
1.
_I
I
I to
hen
Pronouns of Second Person
into
Person & Gender of object j
I
~ o u n s of First Pers
d n

Person & Gender of subject

into
aph of Reporting Verb _ of Reporting Verb
,L',
to
······-·· '::-:{ q /
do ➔ did
( ·····.~~ (Pr;sent tense
\ ··!:.~1>,, ~ ) into is/am ➔ was

\ ···~o,,'ls ~'11/,":~--· ~ Past tense are _,. ¥.'ere

~ has/have ➔ had
-----.._,
Pronouns of 1)
'••
···-If~• '\.~~~~:::
e,O •••

_Third Person J " .·__ .I ·•...

-
,1,
No Change
~~~'!-····
~.,,./
.,,~/
...e :><>.,_,...
\\
··.?J~
\
·l~
Pa st tense
into
Past Perfect
"I
\
did ➔ had done
was/were ..... had been
doing
.
doing
§if'.o/ ,.~
• 90 - worked , had worked
~-
~l ··•.••.,,.,._,,.0
u/ ····.~4- ~ will -+ would
now ...., then Just ... then ···-••,. Simple form ~
shall • should
today
tonight
-+ that day
-+ t hat night
come
this
last night ..... the previous night here I
► go
-.... that
_, there
l into S::-... can _,. could
PaSl form ) ·\ may --, might
must ➔ had to
yesterday .... the previous day/ bring --, take
the day before I these ~ those
tomorrow ➔ the following day/ hPreby -, thereby
the next day later ➔ a~er
the day -• In two days' lime thus ➔ 50 1
after tomorrow - ~ - _J___ ag..'.'.._ ➔ belor'J
 Focus on REPORTED SPEECH
The words spoken b
by qu t· Yo person can be conveyed either Present Perfect Pas I Perfect
o mg the exact Words (has I have play11dl (had p'ayedl
Georve said, · 1dm go111ng late for work.
Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfecl Con1inuous
This is called 'Direct Speech' OR (has I have been plaving) (had been playing)
We may report the s k ,
pea er s wards m thefarm ofa narrative Pas1Simpl1 Pasl Perfecl
instead ofusing the actual words spoken. (played/did not play) (had payed had not playtd)
George said that he was getting late tor work. Past Conllnuous Pasl Perfect Continuous
Thi~ is called 'Indirect Speech'or 'Reported Speech' (was Iware playing) (had been playing)
Tho· ..vb inrro,;1,,,..,.,. th, will I shall I can I may
--.., .,,-.J,.4 c.. ,11,,.. 'R--Nr"'II .,,,6•
l#fwi ,....,,.d, of,,,.. would/ should I could/ might
OI ti» '/t1froduarig .,.,. , It ll'diuttts ~ s,. oh ,.,.Ito,, ,. ..,_,,11£.,. must had to
NOTE t he following facts about Direct Speoch. NOTE: Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous tenses
do not change in tho Reported Speoct,,
• The Reporling verb (snid etc.) is followed by a
comma(,). Illustrative Examples:
DIRECT •She sa1d,"Natasha wants to bealme a doctor. -
• The actuul words of the speaker are placed
REPORTED ·
She said that Natasha wanted II become a doctor.
within invc.-rtcdc ommas (" ").
DIRECT . I said,"Emma will not accompany Nick to the movie."
• The firs t word of the Speech begins with a REPORTED :
I said that Emma would not 8ct011l)any Nick to the mowit.
capital let~r
Exceptions:
Ill DTE the followin■ factnbou1 Indirect or Reponed Spnch.
• The Simple Present stating a General Truth
• The Reporting verb (said etc.) is not followed by does not change in the reported speech.
a com.mu but by a suiLable connector( thatJ. DIRECT • Tho teacner said, • Asia ll the biggest contmenL•
• The Reported Speech is not placed within REPORTED The teacher said that Asia q the biggest conlDIII.
inverted commas. • TIU! Simpu: Past stating a past historical even\
• The tense of the verb usually changes, if the remains unchanged .
reporting verb is in lhl' past. flt rema111a unchanged DIRECT : The teacher said, "The Quit India Movament ~
,{th,, rrportmg .,.,rt, u in th,· pr.· ,•nt or future 1,11 .) l!!!Jncb.ru:t by Mahatma Gane hi.·
There arc some changes in the pronoun, too. REPOIITTO : The_ teacher said that the lbt India Mowmeot !!JI •

• The word8 expressing 'time' & 'place' nlso change.

llllnched by Mahatma Gandhi 'I
• The Simpfi. Past or Past Continuow i te11se in
General rules for changing Direct Speech Into
Time Clnuses do not normally change. The
Indirect/R eported Speech:
main verb may eiUu,r remain wicbanged or
(a} Change in Ten ses: may become the Past Perfect.
• The tense in the Reported Speech changes only DIRECT : He said, "When we liyed / werp living in DeDti. "'
when the reporting verb is in the Past ten..'le. often travelled by lhe Metro.·
This changi! ,s as follows: REPORTED ; He said thal when they ~wmfrvlog in [)ell.
IUIECTSPHCII - 11 ltl'IECII they often IJIV8lled by the Metro.
is/are/am was/Mn! Say and tell: We 'say' something but we 'tell' i;omcbodY
was/were had been /something . Thus, the reporting verb 'sai·d' t-•
has/have had
changed to 'told' ifit is followed by an objC'ct.
Present Simple PatS-,le
IIIIIECT : Hellidtome, "Ril■ -tnomamoo,coffee,"
(play / plays) (pllyld)
(do I does not playl (did nol playl
REPORTED : He lold ma lhal Rila wanted som, mo111 coffee.
... .,,,,,
, , _ . ContillllOtlS
111 /are/ am playing)
PatColld l-
jwulwltlpllyingl
_...,Mid. 2. 'told' anae~...,_.,......,_..., ·
NOTE: 1 . 'Mid' ' - become 'told' - tho C)bjeCt -,,,•
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NAME r l ~c.....rr L~• r

C LASS RO O M l:D' CLASS & SECTION ITJ ROLL NO. _J_j ASSESSMENT ~
ASSIGNMENT I&'
Grammar (Reported Speech)
(.C,J Fill in blanks with correct tense forms
1. Snryu said, "Ajay is cooking food for kids."
11. Celina said to Maggie, "Dad isn't well.
Saryu said that Ajay ... ~:~~....~.::~~~......... Celina told Maggie that Dad ..i~~~ well.
food for kids.
2. G«>pala.n said, "It has been raimng for two
hours."
12. The police said to him, "Anne must leave
Cuba."
Thcpolicetoldhim that Anne ...
-~..lh~cl \o
Gopalan said thaL iL •••\-,9.,d bwn. .;,,GUii Id leave Cuba.
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••u•o
for two hours. (Bl Change the foll, sentences into indirect speech.
• 3. Tbe Manager said to me, "No one cart beat 1. I said, "Tbe lung needs a new crown."
Manchester United in football." .. .l ..~...B.!~...~.~....~........ :~~ r IU,..)~"
The Manager told me that no one .....c~!!.µ ~"'
2. I said to the mechanic, ''The car doesn't start."
beat Manchester United in football.
~ r.!:i:.~S....
...r:.~.l.~... .. J.h............... .
4. Th.e Leacher said Lo the students, "Tbe earth
revolves round the sun."
3. "Tbetrainiscoming,"saidRahim.
The teacher told the students that the earth
..............~.~@?~...... round the sun. ... 1f fhhir' .... ~d-.... fh-.J...f.,,.tL v1.1- ......, yy,,tf!

5. The Principal said, "Charu had w·orked hard 4. The broker said to the investor, "Share prices
for the examination." J_, are falling sharply."
The Principal said that Charu ...... h~.............. lfu_ ~~.Jolcl rf1c.. .. ,.~.-.l.ti,b...H o.l
.............................. hard for the e~ation. ..1.:.......... 1,.....:.......~.... !............:~.................'..... f.,,.,v
6. Sbweta said, ''Kareena attends yoga classes 5. The publisher said to the author, '"fhe book
every Tuesday." has broken all the previous sales records."
Sbweta said that Kareena ...... ruk.w.~!1.: ....... jf,,, fJtblaj'!Q: ,......... '...... '.... : ....... "......... J)0.1 tJ!Q.
f b h,,,rf , .... .- l.,, c:~ v• a
yoga classes every Tuesday. .........................................................................
7. l i;aid to him, "Other children have already
~) The forest guard said, "The fire was still
seen the circus show." cJ,.. raging."
I told him that other children ..... b.~............... if> ~ u,(. guo:, o. ~ah,, n ~ lhR.
........-&t'l'.A 4 ................ thecircusshow.
8. Mom said to me, "Dad forgot to bu.r, a new bat."
....h..::: ... !..~~.. :.~.'!. . .: .~.~. . : :. .~:. . . . . . :
7. The farmers said, "The commission agents
u ,om told met h at D a d .....•.,
.. i..~,
.........1,.. ~ .•' ,J.• !!
J. .,.,.,.. rt ......
I\
have not been making payments for over a
to buy a new bat.
month."
9. lsaid to Dad, "Bunty was playing in the park
withKirti." I
..~~~~.~~~.~.~!4.~.~ ....~.".:'.~~....... ,
c, f J 'I I 1-• ,
I told Dad that Bunty .......h~s;l,..~..-.. f..~ ................................. ............... ············ ........ .
'

in the park with Kuti. 8. The coach said to Sanya, "Athletes must
10. Mitra said, "Rajeshdidnot /ielp Yogesh." practice lon~er in order to beat all olhers."
1f,c. ' IJ.::>- t
Mitra said that Rajeah ................................ ..
........................... Yogesh. .~. ! ~~~.......\ ~!...............................::......::::::
 Focus on REPORTED SPEECH

General Rules for Changing Direct Speech into Indirect DIRECT 1sald to him."~ is a disciplined girl.•
Speech REPORTED 1told him that !M was adisciplined girl.
DIRECT 1sard 10 him. "They are good SWllllmers:
{b)Change in Personal Pronouns:
REPORTED I told him that oowere good swimmers.
• Tb.e pronouns of the First Person 0, my, me,
mine, we, c,ur, us, ours) change into the person . ..,ords
(c)Ch ange,n n , and Expressions of Time &
. Place•·

and gender of the subject ofthe Reporting Verb. Words Md eicpressions showing 'nearness' m •~~
DIRECT : lheboy said. •1 am glad to see the sea: l , 1. 0 the Direct speech are changed into
and pace
REPORTED : Tho boy said that Ilg was glad to see the sea.
words or expressions showing distance.
DIRECT The boys said, •~arng\ad lo see the sea.' DIRECT INDIRECT DIRECT INDIRECT

RfPORTED : Theboyssaid thattllfil' were glad to see the sea. naw then today/ tonight 1hat day lthat"911
DIRECT : Shesaid, "MvmotherisanexceDentcook." tomortow 1ho next day/the yes1e11lay lhe P111VI011Sday)
following day Iha day before
REPORTED : Shuaid thatl!Prmotherwasanexcellentceok.
last night 1he previous night lhus so
• The pronouns of lhe Second Perso11 (you, your, Itl1e night bolo re a911 bofora
yours) change into the person and gender of the later alter jusl then
lhodayalter fntwodays'oo,o a1 present at 1ha1 ume
ob1cct of the Reporting Verb.
tomom,w next week the following wmt
DIRECT lsaidto her, "Y.ul!_mustpracticemusiceveryday."
DIRECT : Ourgasaid, •1wiU niach tho east coasttomglu."
REPORTED : I toldhtu thatwmust prac1icemusiceve1f day.
REPORTED : Ourgasaid that shewouldreath the east coastfilllimll.
DIRECT I said to him, "Your project seems interesting •
DIRECT : Tito girl said, •1 must visit my grandma tomorrow."
REPORTED I told him that ~project seemed interesting.
REPORTED . Thl! girl said that she had to visit her grandma the m!l
DIRECT : I uid to them, "You must practice music overy day."
REPORTED . I told 1l1em that!lJln,must pracucemusiceverydny.
m.
DIRECT : Ranjit said, •1 plan to begin the new project next Wl!t!l.
Follow this table for change in pronouns: REPORTED : Ran~t said that he planned 10 begin the new projecll~
DIRECT INDIRECT DIRECT INDIRECT !.Pllo~ek.
he.she DIRECT : Afi uid, "The doctor left a while~."
YoU he, she, they
me him, her you him, her, them REPORTED : AlisaidthatthedoctorhadlaflawhTTe!w2!J, fl
my his, her your hu, her, their DIRECT : Henidtome, "Themeetingconcludedanhour~Q.'
mine his, hers yours his, hers, theirs REPORTED He told me that the meeting had concluded an hid
we/us they/them belo!J!.
our/ours 1helr/the,rs DIRECT : He said to ma. "I need your help nM!!."
REPORTED : He told me that he needed my help th110,
REMEMBER:
(d} Other Changes:
• The pronoun 'you· may all>O be changed to '/'
DIRECT IIDIRECT
when the person being talked to is not named DIRECT INDIRECT
come go
in thedircctst.alement bring take
this that lh~e those
DIRECT : Hesaid, "'{Ql!lookd1sappointed." here lhero hence. hereby thence. thelllbl
REPORTED He$8ld that! looked di$appointed.
DIRECT : The teacher said to me, "Put t!!@ll! books mthe~•
• The pronounR of Third Person do not change.
REPORTED : The taachertold me to put !l!!!.ie books in the dro~·
DIRECT lsaidtoher, "fj~wanlstogohoma."
DIRECT : She said. "I fika !his jacket·
REPDITTED • I tu Id he< that .he wanted lo go home.
11£l'ORtED : She said that she liked !!lit jacket:
 I I J j let's lean• Datef"TIQ]I

NAME f LI I ~ .r J -l J lf lf
CLASS ROOM -1:::7 Ci.ASS & SECTION l [ J ROLL NO. Ll ASSESSMENT
_ _::A:;:,SS::.:l~G.;.;N,;,;.M;,;E.;.;N.;.T_ _ i.1
Grammar (Reported Speech)

(A) Fill in the blanks with correct form of the • Mr Sandhu told his son's teacher that ..~...
pronouns and tense forms and expressions showing couldn't meet .. JW!!.. during the ................... .
nearness in time and place.
parent-teacher meeting.
l. • Rajesh said to Neelima. "You are encroach- 9. • Bingo, the clown, announced, "Tonight will
ing upon my territory." be my last night at the circus.'•
• Rajesh told Neeli:ma that .... ~.~........... was • Bingo. the clown, announced that .. t:~rught
encroaching upon .... f.~ ........ territory. would be .. .r............. last night at the circus.
• 2.• Ali said to Aziza, "/ have given your photo- (B) Change the foll. sentences into indirect speech.
graphs and our passports to the travel agent." 1. Aristotle said to his disciples. ''You are
• Ali told Aziza that .....l:i,c,.J......... had ... ~.~
photographs and ...... t!.~....... passports to :~.'.'.f.~1.r..tr~J~~:.~.~..thl.. ~
the travel agent. .....~ .~..................................................... ..
3.• I said to her, " I gave yo11 ten thousand 2. '!'he Chief of Ground Control said to the
rupees only yesterday." space travellers. "Everyone is waiting for
• I told her that ..~. had given .....\a~~ ... ten your safe return lo earth tomorrow." I
thousan d rupeesonly ... LJ1.... Y........... L. · ,i.
1;..,~•litll/1+
pu,.......... ~.~~i ~ ... '.'.!.. ~.. -.:•..•... ~.... ~...... ...
.. ...~:...
~
4 . • The inspector will say to me, "I will not reveal .................·,· ..... ··r-·· ......·;.
l~ .. I J.N-J.r.•JC~ -~ I I
·.:.1 •........................... .
the facts to you." ..............................................................···------
3. The librarian said to me, "These are the only
• The inspector will tell me that .. ~... will not
books you can borrow at present. ·
reveal the facts to ....~....... h~A - ~cl. .r. I t ~
~ Ahmad said to John and Jlelen, "/ hope you
1.
............... ;·······\f ··········r····~~······.. ·················
• enjoyedyourstaywithmyfamilylastweek."
........................................·····.' ... .. .. ' .........
4. The old woman said to the Police Officer.
• Ahmad told John and Helen that .4-.. hoped "This bag is not mine."
that .... ~...... had enjoyed .... ~... '. ....... stay
Wl•,L
Id.I ••·••\....... •••• ri•--:ly
Ul.ll.U., • ..1'
'-....... '. ................... . ····ff~·~····;;;~··;:~+~!.~.~~...~..:.¢..~.?:P.~
.............."k.icJ.."····· .. ··· ...... ~~···••U .................
6. • They said to us, "Yesterday's match proved
5. Anne said to her mother, ''I want to come
that our Leam is stronger thanyours.'' hometonight." ,;J-,. i.>o,rl °'-u,. , t
. o/J -..JL f '
• They told us that the ... f............................... .. t~ 6--j
•· ............... ···-· .......... ····· ..... ··-··...... ······· ............
match had proved that ... team was 3.L ...... .......................t ..J=Lfv.,dL ......r. .. ~ ... i':.tJ. ..t l
stronger than ... Ulr,\ .......... • 6. Hanninder said to her, "A year ago, you were
7. • The doctor said to the patient. "This not even four feet tall."
medicine will heal the wound by tomnrro1u." o UOOOOOooou • 0 ••Hoo o • •I ooo ooo o 01 o,000000 •oo o o ••ooo • • • • • • • • • o o • o ooooooo
I
• The doctor told the patient that ..th1.J .......
••· ···· ···· ··· ·••··· ··· ·•·aJ:J-.a· ······ .... · J. • - ~ , . \ •• , • • •• • • • • ..n..
medicine would heal the wound by .f! ..~.½ • 7. Meenu said to her friends, "My project is
8. • Mr Sandhu said to his son's teacher. "/ betterthanyours." ~

couldn't meet you during the !!!!, parent- ········•··················••·············..............................

teacher meeting." • •• • ••••••• • .. ,,,,,, •• • ••••uo •••••••·• •u • •
................. ······ .....
 Focus on : REPORTED SPEECH

Rules for changing Statement Sentences Into Ind/red DIRECT : Fr. 1'9ter says, "God takes care of yoo 111 ITIGrt
Sp ,•e,·h ways than you can think of."
• The Reporting verb 'say'. iffollowed by an object REPORTED : Fr. Poter says that God takes care of us in more
ways than we can think of.
(noun or pronoun). 1s chnnged into 'tell'.
'rentark' ·, 'ub serve', 'declare , 'suggt ;t ', 'claim • Present prol{ressive u.~ed as a 'future form•
'offer', 'i,u1s1', 'protest', 'complain', 'admit, becomes ·u.:011ld be+ presNtt participle'.
'boast'. den_y', 'agree'. 'fear•, 'argue\ ',vonder•.
1
DIRECT : Jufia smd. •1 am loil'ling for Paris today IV1lning.'
'apologi.sc•', 'confess' etc. It remains unchanged REPORTED Julia said that she would be leaving for Pans

ifil is not followed by an obj1:ct. that evemng.1.11

fNDTI Julia said that she was leaving for Paris 1h11
• The inverted commas in the direct Np;.!ech are evening. (xi
removed and the conjunctio n 'that' is placed
• General past tense all.er 'wish' remoiM
after lht· Reporting Verb
unchanged in the reported speech.
• All other genl·ral rules regarding the change of DIRECT Sim'!a said. •1 wish I were the most powwfd
pronouns. tenses, word and expression s of king 1n the jungle.
time and ph1ce ore followed . REPORTED • Simho said that he wished he were the mo11
powerful kmg in the jungle.
Examples:
01RECT : Rohan said. ·1 am 100 tored to go any funhel." • Would rather' I 'would sooner' / 'had better·
REPORTED : Roh.in said that he was too um! to go any tun her. remain unchanited m the reported speech.
DIRECT S1kha said, "Yes, I know this utd ,nan.• DIRECT Kavi10 said, "I'd ralhor 11ay 11home than on IIUI
In the rain."
REPORTED Shikha odm11ted that sho knew that old man.
REPORTED !Cavill said that she would rather stay at llirnt
DIRECT • Juan<l!id, "IC8lle-attenburgersinonogo.'
t1,41go out 111 therein.
REPORTED : Juan boasted that hi could eat ten buigers ir1 one go.
DIRECT : Behndasaid. "That'smynecklaca.• • Verbs used in clauses expn-ssing 'improbabh

REPORTED : Belinda claimed that that necklace was hers DR I impos111blP' condition remnin uncbang(.>d.
Belinda damed that that was het necklace. DIRECT "If I wcra the Pmso M1m11er, I would wlivt off
11 tbe loans of the farmers.· said the sdlool bor
DIRECT : ·our wages ara ve,y low." thl warteis shouted.
REPORTED : The workers protested th1tthlirwagesweremylow.
REPORTED : The school boy said/ramarbd that if be """f
the Prime Minister, he would waive ofl aft 1111
DIRECT : Craig said to his wife. "I'll buy you a diamond ring on your
loans of the farme,s.
birthday." 0
• Words or expression s u,ied lo 'introduce
RfPORTED : C,arg prorr,sed to his wife 1h11 he wud buy llllf a
diamond ring on tier birthday OR s,·ntenc,,:' arc left out in the reported speech,
CrllO prorr,jsed 10 buy his wife I cilmand ring on ' - DIR(CT '. "Well, you need IDsee a doctor im!edilldlf
Ghosh said 10 me.
brrthday REPORTED : Ghosll told me that I needed 10 see I dOtlOI
•1stole the money from the cash bo1," llid Rlnu.
DIRECT '. ln111edlalely
-• confessed that hi had stalln the nlllY fTalll die
REPORTED R•-
: DIREtl : "Oby. I'll help you wrth the paclung." said "'''
cash boa. to-
REPORTED : Kalie pn,mised tohelpmo with the packlllil
REMEMBER: DR
rting verb is in the present or
When the re po ,. kllil Slid that she _ . , help me w,lh .-
• there is 'no change m the t.eme pac. ..
ruture tense,
rtt.-d clause.
o ftbc r e po
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CIA m
-cL.ASSROOM
ASSIGNMENT W,
NAME [

CLASS e, SECTION
J IL l
D ROLL NO.
ASSESSMENT

Grammar (Reported Speech)

(A) ReWrite the following statements in Indirect speech. 9. The Guru Ji said to me, "Don't worry: I'll
1. Shelly said, "Rick, it's time to go". help you." rH,n1. _-,,rom1-11
fHint: use 'rrminded'J •00000••--•••••• • •••••• • ••• • • •••••••• ••• oo I•••••• ou•••••• •••• ••l•O••

Sil'
·····t';·;·· , t, i -1, 11
....;............ thal
:··;_;·;./ :--~:·····' IL IJ.
............... . ........................................... ·························
10. Michael sajd, "I have noL done anything
.········ ........................................ ······ ........ ······· wrong." (H,n,. u~ ·,urucd'I
2. ''Here's what you have to do," said the teacher
.. ................................................................... .
to us. Wint,uac 'e:rp/,,lned')
.......................................................................
71 I
••••••uoou••••••• .. ••• .. •••••••/•J . uu••••••••••••••••n••••••oouo
11. Hannal1 said to Avantika, 'Tm sorry for
···········...... ······· .........................······· ................ .. being awfully late." rH,111·- 'apotogiMd·J
3. "I wonderwberel am," Martina said to hen;el£. .................................................................... .
....................... ·················..............................
'The skinny old man said, "I can lift 100
l v ~a ..
... ... . ....! ............. ········· .................... ········ ......... kilogramsveryeasily."{Hm1.u..-·~~
4. "The crowd consists mainly of old women," ......... ···········--·····.........................................
'

said the Police Inspector. (Hint.· uae 'o/Jserv«J1 ......................................................................

~ ro l,co... ·········~-:
························ Tn-.o2ecIP•• ~cl,
............................... . 13. Greta said to FerdinWld. "I think we should
rt,ed. ~f 0: 1 f
.......................................................................
Ai 'lt.J change all ow- locks." <H,nt: u-, "$uggn1,,n
''The roof is leaking very badly," said the ................................................................... .
5.
tenant to the landlord. /Hm1:u"" 'pointrdoUl~
Mukul says, "l am going to make a movie
····fr;;.)·· ..i'i······l...,,.,······:·~!:.!.....!.~..t-:....... 14.
very soon."
............. ······.' ..................... ········· ....................
6. '1 have broken the window pane, not John."
Timothy said to his mother. (Hint· u..- 'oonf,•!Ultd '1
... ......................................................
15. ''Your information is absolutely wrong." said
····1i~1::~~;:......~..~..~.'.::L..~..., .........::~· the politician to the reporter. Ofm1. ,,., \n.rutcd'J
.......................................................................
7. ''Your dog barks a lot at night, MrsJe5pen;en," ..................................................................... .
said Amanda. t1lint ·""' 'comp/111n,d')
--r,- .r,- t@
J -thc-il 16. ·well, I have turned 99 tooay ," said Mrs Paulu.
·········.. ···································•··... --- ................ . ..................................... , ................................
.... be...~/P.:.....t.:~#.-. ............................... ···•····•·· ·• ............................................... .
••·

8. "That's not fair," Sarah said. fllin1, .,,.. 'pro1,.u,f') 17. Fel'07.esaid. "I wish I were wise likemyrnother."

.. ......... ... ...... .. ...... ...... ····································· ............ ........................................................ .

,

......................................................................
·························••"·············--·--················----····
 Focus on : REPORTED SPEEc~

Rulesfor changing Questions (Interrogative sentences} • To questions that begin with 'Do/ Does' (present
Into Indirect: tense), we change the main verb into 'simple
• The Reportmg Verb 'say" is changed into pa.st .(Do/Doesaredropped)
m1.errogative words like 'aHk'l'enquire', 'wonckr'
DIRECT She said to me, "Do you need a lih?"
etc.
REPORTED She asked me if I g!!!l a lift.
• The word 'order' in a reported question is chruiged DIRECT "Friend$, doll$ anyone have a ball-point pen?" said Raju
to make it a statement. The subject is placed REPORTED : Raju asked his fnends if anyone had a bal~poinr Pin.
before the verb.
• In questions beginning with 'Did' (past tense),
• The question mark (?) is replaced with a full we change the main verb into 'past perfect'.
stop (.J
DIRECT The cop said to rhe cyclisr, "Did you not see rhe car
• All other general rules regarding the change of commg hom lhe opposite direction?"
pronouns, tenses, etc. are applied. REPORTED : The cop asked rhe cyclist if he had not seen lhe t1r
• In questions tbal begin with a helping verb and coming from lhe opposite direction.
elicit 'yes/no• response, 'if or 'wltether' is used REMEMBER:
aft.er the ReportingVerb. Do not use the conjunction 'that' to introduce o quesdon
DIRECl In indirect speech.
. The class taachcr said to me, "Is your work stm
incomplete?·
REPORTED : • 'Shall' indicating normal future in direct speech
The class teacher asked me i! my work was still
incomplete. becomes 'would'in indirectspeech.
DIRECT
Surest, said to Saina. • Are you coming to the movie DIRECT : He said, "filwlI ever mange to solve this sum?"
today?" REPORTED : He wondered if he lM!!il!f ever mange to solve 1ha1 Sll1l
REPORT£D : Suresh asked Saina ti she was going to the mo'rie • 'Shall' indicating a request in direct speech
that day,
DIRECT becomes 'should'in indirect speech.
He said to them."Will you allow me to join the trip?'
REPORTED : DIRECT : He said, "Shall I proceed with the presentation?"
He asked them wh- they would anow hin, to join
the trip. REPORTED • He inquired if he mv_uld proceed with the presentation
DIRECT Thedriversa1dtome, ·can I park my car here?" • 'Would' in t.h di
• . e rect speech remains unchanged
REPOlll'EO • The driver enquired ii he could park his tarthere. lD themdirect SP<!t>ch.

• In questions beginning with a Question-word. DIRECT : Yiruildyou send me the report?" I said to him.
('who'. 'whom', 'whose', 'what'. 'which'. 'wh~n•. REPORTED : Iasked him if he Vil!,ulg send me the report.
'whPrc ', ·why' and 'how'), 'if or 'whether• is not • For 'Yea' and 'M0 '
used. The given 'question word' itselfi,. ropc,ot.ed 1. as answers to questions, a
in the reported speech. nus~ muat be provided with the verb of the
cquestion.
DIRECT He said to me. "Where do you tiwe?• DIRECT 1
REPDffTED He asked me whm Ilived. said. •w,nyou stand quietly without cfoslUlbillll
01h8
rs ?" ·ves,· said the boy.•
DIRECT Teena s1,d ta hllf husband,"Haw many dishes are "' REPORTED : I k8d h
to be washed?" _as t e boy if he would stand qulatly withOU 1
REPORTED Teena asked haf husband a 1111ny dishes w.e ,e1 disiurbing 01h8rs and he replied tha Ihe would.
10 be washed. NOTE• n.a exproaaion "Th b
The tourisr said, "Whffl • •change lhlCIS!lllq,?•
A,:..... ':9Pl'.od
nevativo......" is arch<lic. oy
·-us,ng,t.,
in tho nffirmatNU/
DIRECT
REPORTED Tha rourisr enquired ~ hi Clllld cl-.e Ille
currency.
 ITl rn DC[1J
Date
Let's Le'1rH

NAME • l I -11-, r r r l J

CLASS & SECTION T ASSESSMENT

CLASS R OO M
ASS IG NM ENT
1:7:'f
&&,'
NO, ROLL

Grammar (Reported Speech)

Rewrite the following sentences in Indirect Speech. 10. The little girl said to the scientist, "How
(1)
does a caterpillar tum into a butterfly?
1. "Why are you turning me out of the class
• ·········............................. .. .. ······ ···········--··· ...
Sir?" Shalini said to her teacher.
.. ................................................................... .
.. ... ...........
' ··········· ........................... an
. .. .............. ·············· ..................... "What are you weaving, 0 Weavers?" the

•
2. Mothersaid, "Doyoulikecakes,Anu?" l.
poet asked
....r:t~J:v....·.':\<'-~?... P.'.. ;...it-....I. 1,c./91' • I•••.nl¼ ....~.f..~..~ ............................................
. ....... ..... ······· ................................... .. .. .....................................................................
3. Aunt Ar pita said, "Has your mother scolded
2. "Rave you tesL driven our company•s new
you, Bunny?" 1:1J,11111l~
car?" the sales manager said to the customer.
......Au.d.. w$k, cu.~,w4J'lJ-,c,..h._
rr -1 " ' -~,.,
.......................................... : ..............
············-··
4. Zeenat said, ''Where does God Jive. Mother?"
3. "Doesn't this new dress look nice on me,
.....~ ...#lJ.HW.l!M>....J!:::.~t::·.r....~:.!...~.
. d •... .., Mom?" the girl sa.id.
...........,...............................············ .......... ······
5. Khushboo said, "Is India going to become a
super power soon, Teacher?"
.••...fy. }!•~i, ?..=::a~ ..~ ...(.....~...,....~...~~~ J.~~. !!.. 4. Will you not be attending the concert
To -bl'• •• . ., ,,,. _,. tonight?" sa.id Namita to her husband .
.......................................................................
.................................................................
"Who is your favourite actor?" the quiz master
......... .......................... ................
~aid Lome.
......~.CWJ-z.mc,ti,t( ..,_ ..~.!11qt.U.1Uyl (I l ~ .... 5. "Whose luggage is lying here?" the policeman
said to the passengers.
.•••..•1:1,; ..thol ... (•' '··" ..:- _,.- ..!....' ..~..7: ... ~.......
7. I said to him, "Can I trus t you?"
. .......................................................................
..... J.~~1.. t~ ...JL.i..~.c!:...~~ ............................. ·•············· ., ........................
8. The passenger said to the airport manager, 6. "Shall I give you the responsibility of
"Have all the flights been delayed due to fog organising this show?" the Principal said to
Priya.

~:if·tt~
toda ?"
......................................................................
······Th.~--··~·-·~-
......~... ro~.lf.Mi ...... .1-t-.............( .~. .................................................... ......···•········ ..
.....~.~.~.<?:~..(iR~!.h,.. w.. 1.~tµ··········. Iyo! ......................................... ...............................
9. Mukesh said to bis friends, "Whiuh movie 7. "Is Dad coming back today or tomorrow
were you planning to watch yesterday?" Grandpa?" said Tim. '
······t:4!.&w. ..~~-~..~ --t.t!i.ch ................ ...... ·········· ··· ..... ..........
.......~......~-~.~.f.l.'!f...!.. . ....... ................................. ... . . .......... ... .... ... ....
 focus on : REPORTED SPEEc~
• In sentences beginning with 'Plea.~t>', we Dlllit~
Rule5 for changing Imperative Sentences (Commands,
word from the indirt:ct speech but change it in
Requests and Sugqestion ,) into Indirect· . il ~
'requelli', 'beg'orsom et hi ngsllll ar.
• The Rt•porting Verb ·s"-"
is cho.nged into a verb
DIRECT •Close the door, please." Father said to Mi!l?tt
of command or requ, st such a, 'tell', 'order'
REPORTED : Father requested Meeta to close the door.
'command', 'ask', 'beg', '11r,:• • 'n:nund, °u'arn ',
DIRECT He said lo her, "Please lend me your laptop for a~•
'admit', 'agree', 'assw'l? ·adt·tM'' 'in.slntC'I', 'n'C/uest.
REPORTEO : He requestedher to lendhim her laptop foradav.
'promise' etc. according to th<' tone oflhe speaker.
DIRECT ·oo please forgive me. Sir,• said Oliver 10 Mr. au_,
• The infinitive (to• t· rb m root form} is used in
REPORTED · Oltver begged Mr. Bumble to forgive h,m
direct commands and n..-quests.
DIRECT The office, se1d to the driver. "Be caralul. • • In sentences beginning with 'let', the Repo~
REPORTED The officer told lhP drive, to be careful Verb is c:hanged io to 'proposed' or 'suggested'. Ir.
·stay ~vay from the fence. Sllllenls. sa,d the teacher

•
DIRECT place of infinitive. 'should+ verb' is used
REPORTED The teacher instructed the sllldents 10 stay ~ OIRECT He said, "let us try the prawncurry." t
from the lenca. REPORTED : He suggested that they/we should lry the pr~
• Negative commandi, arc expressed by not + curry. OR
infiniti11< (to ~ verb in root form). He suggested trymg the prawncurry.
DIRECT The captain said to Iha soldiers. "Don't cross that
• All other A'eneral rules r<'gor cling the chan1,-eci
wlu1etine. •
tenses, pronouns, etc. a r e followed as usual.
REPORTED The captain warned/ordered thesoldiers not to cross
Ihat white line.
DIRECT The coach said to Rudrani. ·oon·1 pay lltlllltion 10
what your critics..-,.·
REPORTED Tho coach advised Rudreni not 10 pay euention 10
what her critics said.

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NAME T TT_
~ J
CLASS a. SECTION I l
-
ROLL NO.
D ASSESSMENT

Grammar (Repor ted Speech)

(A) FIii in the blanks to complete the indirect speech
~enten~c~1:veying 'order', 'offer', •request', 'warning•, 2. • Tia said to Bala "Do • •
' n l s poil the decoration..-..
suggestion, prom,se', 'advise', 'appeal', 'caution· etc. • Tia ................................... Bala
l . • Little Tiara said, "Let's have some ice-eream,
·················.. .... ·····•· ........ •... the decora tions.
Gra nny."
3, • The coach Haid
-.&httAr>
. Ie T.1aro ......................... to her Granny to tbe players, "Practise hnrd.'
• Litt
• Thecoach
that ................................... some ice-cream. ···••• ............... the player: .........-
········ ···•·······.... ····-···
.................. ...... ······ ········•
 English 8 Grammar: Reported Speech ◄

4. • "You should nol panic," said my parents to me.

·····································································
• :Myparents ................. me ........ .
··················· ······································································
5. • The air hostess said to the passengers, 4. Ria said, ",Jia, let's play this video game."
"Switch offyou mobile phones, please."
• The air hostess .................... the passengers 5. The postmaster said to Thanappa, "Go and
•················· ·············· •·· their mobile phones. deliver these letters and parcels immediat.ely."
6. • The gardener said to the children, "Do not
pluck flowers."
• The gardener ............................ the children 6. Mother sparrow said to her baby birds,

• ·····················································nowers.
7. • The Commandersaid, 'Troops, march forward."
• The Commander ..................................... the
7.
"Don'tgooutoftbenestwheo Tam away."

Tanima said, "Ankur, please return my notes

troops ............................................. forward.
today."
8. • "Let the children play in the garden," Mother
said to Father.
• Mother .................................. Father ......... . 8. "Don't, shout at me," I said to Che tan.
.. . ... . . . . .. . . .. . . .. ......... ... . . .. .. . .. . .. .. . in the garden.

9. • "Have some hot coffee, please," said Nandita 9. "Take the dog for a walk." the master said to
t.oNupur. his servant.
• Nandita ................... N upur some hot coffee. ................ ········· .............................................
10. • "Please, do not block the road," said the Leader .............. ·········· ······· .......................................
to his supporters. 10. "Let's go to the zoo," said Hemant
• The leader ........................ to his supporters ······--········· ..·······················.. ····•·····················
the road. 11. Maureen said Lo Charles, "Do not leave the
·····················································
{B) Rewrite the following imperative sentences in class without my permission "
Indirect Speech. ..................................................................... .
1. The old man said to t he children, "Do not .............. ,.................................................. ,.. .
,

enter m y garden." 12. Mr. Quill said, "Please, do not park the car
····························································· infrontofmydoor,Mr Beans."
..................................········ ............................ ..................................................................... .
2. The officer said to clerk, ''Show me the file." .......................................................................
13. "Bring me a glass of water," said the master
····························•"''·····································
to his servant,
··········..... ········ .. ·······••···•·•·•·············· ·········.....
3• . . t 8 81-d to the visitor,"Please,
The recept10ms
......................................................................
wait for sometime," .. ....... . ··············•--• .............. .
 Focus on : REPORTED SPEECH
Rulesforchang/ng Exclamations Into Indirect. • Exclamations with . 'Hurra ,,.,, "' Ul.I', 'Yi"tppeef,'
u , 'A/
1 (I hao''
,v . • 'Wow!'etcarechangedinto:
• Exclamations al'e t'Xpre.sscd in lhe indirect
~pcech by changing them into statements and Hr exrlaimrd wtth '(gm11)JOJ '/'drlighr ' ...•.
expn•s~ing lhe spint ofthe exclamation Lhrough DIRECT : The children said. "Yippee! We are going to the zoo.
the reporting verb or the adverb.
REPORTED : The children exclaimed with great joy/delight tha1
• Various con~tructions are possible. they were going to the zoo.
• The Reporling Verb is changed into 'exclaimed, DIRECT : Mukesh's wile sard to him "Wow1 Our new houst
declo reel, wi.~hcd', etc according lo Lhe Lone of the looks just like a palace.·
speaker. REPORTED : Mukesh's wile &•claimed with joy that their n~,
house looked Just like a palace.
• 'l'he exclamat1on mark (!) disappears in the
r<'ported speech. • Exclamations wilh 'Ouch!' are changed into:
Sht!Huxclnfomiin pn111 ••..
The following points should always be remembered:
DIRECT "Ouchi Ihave sprained my left ankle," said Gaeta.
• Exclamations with 'what', 'how', elc. are changed
into· REPORTED : Geeta exclaimed in pain that she had sprained her
left ankle.
H, s.u,//,xrLumrd (m ,,.,,,u/rr~ u,tl, hnpp111,ssT,ui1/, joy1'111ith
d,ligl,t'1'u,i1J,Jug,1St't,, ..... • Exclamations with 'Bravo!', 'Well done!' are
changed into:
Ol~CT
He sa,d."What a beautiful sunset!•
REPORTED • Shr/Hrnpplaudcdhrrll,im ...
He said that it wasabeautifulsunset. OR
He exclaimed with delight that it was a beautiful DIRECT Well dona, Boys!" the captain to his team members.
sunset. OR REPORTED : The captain applauded his team members saying
He exclaimed with deli!lht that the sunset was very that they had done well. OR
beau~ful The captain applauded his team members for doing wet
OIRECI
. ·what a tall bu,lding the Burj Khallla isl" said the • Exclamations with 'O <kJd!' are changed into:
t011ns1.
He,alled 11po11 God 11ml, 'rq;rtt'l'sndt1m1'dis11ppomm1mr,
REPORTED : The tourist exclaimed mwonder that the Burj Khalil a
was avery tall building. DIRECT : The poor man said, •o Godl I have been cheatedby
DIRECT theshopkeepert·
"Ugh! How d1nv the streets of this town arel" said
the Mayor REPORTED • The poor man called upon God w,th regret that he

REPORTED : lhe Mayor exclaimed in disgust that the streets of

had been cheated by the shopkeeper.
thattown were very dirty. ALSO REMEMBER:

DIRECT Sheioid, "Thank you!"

• Exclamations with 'Ugh'!, 'Yw:k[• 'Ohl' 'Oh, 'l-0'' REPORTED : She thanked me.
t I • • I
'Ooh!', 'Alas!', 'lleaue113f', 'Alt!', 'Bah/', 'Ewu,!'
etc. are changed into: DIRECT Shesaid, "Good!uck!"
REPORTED : She wi,hedmo good luck.
!fr =lai=d u,ith ilisg,u11/iti,p,ig'f~1"Kftt'l'grief'tit .... DIRECT : She said, "HappyOiwalil"
DIRECT The old woman said,"Alas! Al m y ~ have REPORTeo : She Wished me ahappy O,wan.
been washed away in the floods. DIRECT : She sard. "Congratulahomt·
REPORTED : The old woman uclarned with SOlfOWlgrief lhlt all REPORTED : Shecongretulated me.
her belongings had been washed away In the floods. DIRECT : Shesaid, "liort·
DIRECT •. "Oh, no! 1have forgotten my spactaclea 11hcinl9, • REPORTED : She Called me a~ar.
said Mrs Glen. DIRECT : Sho said lo me. "Good Morning/Good Evening!"
RlPORflo , Sh
REPORTED : Mrs. Glen uclainad with ragret that site had lllfDOllln • o\'flShed rrre good morning/good evemng.
her spectacles at home. = £Cl Sha 111d to her bro Iher, "Good Night/Goodbye!"
PORTfo : Sho bide h111 brother good nigh I/goodbye.
 (A) Fill in the blanks to complete the statements (B) Rewrite the following exclamator y sentences in
reporting exclamatio ns indirectly. Indirect Speech.
1. • "Hurrah! T have been selected for the school 1. "Whatu beautiful painting!" said Rajan.
cricket team," Seema said.
• Seema ........................ with ............. that ....
•·······················...............·······························
...........................·······•··. ················•
......................... for the school cricket team.
The old man said, "Alas! Thcr<•'s no one to

•
2.
2. • ''Bravo! You have launched the satellite look after me!"
successfull y," said Or. Ram to his team. ....................................................··············...
• Dr. Ram.................. .... his team :;aying ...... ..................········•··..........
,

................. ........... the satellite successfull y 3. . jsf"

Ther;tuden tssaid, ''How boring th"1Scxcrcu;e ·
3. • The tourist said, "Wow! What an amazing ·••·••························•······
················••·••· •-••.
creature t.he penguin is!" ••••-•••••••••••• •••••••••••• •••••••••••u • •••••••••••••• ••••••••••••

• The tourist ............................ in................... ·I. The old womansai d , "How fast time flies! "
that. ................. ............................................ ·
4. • "Alas! The King has died!" said the Prime

Minister. 5. Toolika said. "Hurrah! My poems have been

• The Prime Minister .............................. with publislwd in I.be school magazine. •
................... lhat .......................................... · ......................................................................
5. • Priyanka said, "Ouch! I hurt my right knee!"
... ••· •• .............................................................
.
• P nyan k a.............. ......... in .. ... ......... that
6. The manager said to the cnptain, ''Well done!
her right knee.
•l••·•• f •Oo•Hol••••·•• ■ Ooo<•••O ■•••·••"'••• •
You hnvo played n splendid innings."
6. • Thc teac h er sa1.d to me, "Conw-atulations!
You have pa er' the scholarship examination."
................................................·········· ··•··········
.............................······· .... ··•···· .......................
'

h ......................... ............... me on
• Th eteacer
7. The bo1wr said. "Ouch! That was II nnsty blow."

7• • ;~~=~·~~~;:~~-~~·;~·;~;. .......... ··········· ... ··················............................

• Nishikant ......................... witb .................... ...... .................... .. .······· ··············. ·············· ........
8. "Congrntu lutions! You haven won n lottery
that ................................... ·························· .
of Rupees One Crom,'' said the lottery-
8. • Pulkitsaid , "Obi That is a marvellous piece
seller to his cu st-Omer.
ofscuJpture.•
D..,._.., with ....·····.............. . ........ ························•· .................... ~.................
• C Ul&lt- - • • -•• • ••• • ••••••

•·········· ····· ................ . ·······················••. ·······••··•·· . ·•···... ·•········· ... ~........

 FOCUS On •• REPORTED SPEECH
•• .1 ...;, 0 d that she would request her Dad lo de:,osn
for the delay ..., pro......
Rules for converting o 'diotogue' / 'longer piece of
the fee online that day itself·
conversation'/ 'pa<;sage' Into Indirect Speech:
• Report longer pieces or conversations or passages Conversation 3:
usmg the same rules that an- applicable in DIRECT SPEECH:
reporting individual sentences 'clumg1• ofpronoun', RIDHIMA What's wrong with you, Sonny?
'charrgl oftense', 'change of{orm ofsentencP' and PIYUSH , Mom, I've a headache.

use of 'appropriate connectors' like 'that' 'wh RIOHIMA • 0,mypoorbaby.You'dbettergotobed.

pronouns', 'if'whtihl'r and 'to infimtiue' INDIRECT SPEECH,
• Identify the spenkcr(s) and the listener(s) and Ridhlllla asked her son what was wrong with him He replied that he
decide the nature of the conversatio n- 'a casual, had aheadache. Ridhima cuddled him alillle bit and suggested tha1 he
~4lht con11ersat1on 'a debalt or argunumt', 'an should go to bed.
mquuy, areque~t'andsoon. Conversation 4:
• Pay attention lo the reporting verbs - 'said', DIRECT SPEECH:
'a.~kPd', 'enquin.,cJ', 'request.ed', 'aduu;ed', 'ordered', MASTER I don't want a careless servant like you. I will dismiss
'commanded', 'exc/auned' etc. These verbs indicate you if you don't work properly.
the nature of the conversation in progress and SERVANT : Oh, please don't disnvss me, Sir. I promise that I will do
are usually paraphrased in the indirect speech. my work property,
• ~
8
~_appropriate tJXl)ressions lo indicate change INDIRECTSPEECH:
m trm, and 'plact' The Mutei told his savant that he did not want a careless servant lib
• Leave out words or expressions Oike 'well', 'so' l'irn and thr9atened to tf1S111iss him rl he did not work properly. The
'now', 'as yott know', 'you see', 'you know' etc.; servant pleaded with his master not to dismiss him and promised that
ha woulddo his wotk properly.
used lo introduce a sentence.
Conversation S:
REMEMBER-
DIRECT SPEECH
The ti act words of a Sf)l!aker in a longer p,111:e of convmation are PRIYANK M. Bl
rerely reported as they are. Most often what the Speaker has sold is nn 'what wouldyou do if you were alion?
Stmnansed or paraphrasfld. MRINAl • lwouldbanaQhuntrng.
IIDIIIECT SPEECH:
Conversation 1:
DIRECT SPEECH,
Priy1nk asked Mrinal what ht .
11
t\
Mrinal l9f)lied th1t he WOUidb WOuld do he were a fion to whicll
PASSENGER : Are thl!fl any vacant suts in the bus, Sir? an an hunting.
CONDUCTOR • Sorry, Su. The bus is already fun Conversation 6:
DIIECT SPUCII:
IIOIIIECT SPEECH,
TEACHER
Apassenge, enqt11red 1f there wera any vacant seats in the bus, The JATIN Wiry 111 Y11U so late 10 IChool tod ?
IComcfn't find -V
conductOf upressedhis rogr9ts saying that tho bus was alreadyfull. my Sdtool bag in tine.
TEACHER
That'sjust 11111.,_ v....,
Conversation 1: JATli - ""' II I habitual•-..t, ~ -
No, Sir. I'm nat lying.
OIIIECT SPEECH: TEAatER S.11ra sa 1ac1111a1
TEACHER : Sarah, your fee for the second quarter is due. When do you tllOIIIICT SPUCH: Y1IU llldam 3PIIII the truth, Jalinl
think your Dad w,llbeable to p,ylt? Jatii's1eac1w ..... hin
SARAH : Sony. s.. I wil request Dad to deposit it onn tod,y tUllf. lteCOllld:
.lltln rlllfilrl that he~latetoSdtooltllat t11r towhidl
IIDllfCT SPEECH: IWlllrbd that ii •11111 • .:::,,.. Sdtool bag in tine. The llldls
TIii i-"" 1old Sarah thlt 1111 fee fOI the SIC4ndquarter wasdue 111d com.•.lltln triad to lllsswa tis llld tllat .latin wu 1ha1Jituaf111•
Wlllfld lo knoW when her Dad would be able to P1Y it. Sarah lpOlogilld teac. t1Cllimed II lllnay ltlCfler that he waa not lyitg. Thi
the truth, IIICl lfld 'ldneaa tllat Jatin llldom spab
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ROLL NO. LO ASSESSMENT .__j

Grammar (Reported Speech)

Read the short conversations given b I
e ow and then
complete the passages that report the co . I I
nversations. ···········)·············································............... .
REMEMBER:
for him at the restaurant. Javed replied that he
• Common reponing verb 'said' is converted into ditfe was not well, so ............................................. ..
, £ d' , . d' , d . rent words
fike as.e , enqwe , 11 vised: 'suggested' , ,
, . ed' , . d' • , requested. .............................. at home to take some rest
'apo,og,s , promise , wamed: iemarlied'etr..
3. TEACHER : Wbyareyoulateagain, Tim?

•
• Question marks, exclamation marks and quotat·,o k
removed . n mar s are
TIM : I missed the school bus, Sir. Dad
• The sentence structure of the inte1TOgative sentences and drove me to school.
exclamatory sentences gets changed into the assertive or
declarative structure. The teacher asked 'fun to explain ....½?P.it. ..':½:
• All interjecllons are removed and accounted for in the indirect
..~.~J~........ again. Tim replied that ....... .
speech with special phrases like 'exclaimed with joy/su,pfise/ ...~...~.?.:~~i.;........... the school bus and lhal
regre1 ' .... etc. ......................................................... to school.
• Expres.sionslike 'Welt: 'Youlinow: 'lt/Jink'etc.areremoved. 4. GRANNY Hey, Ursula. why are you crying?
• Expressions like 'No' and 'Yes'-are reported indirectly with the URSULA I'm crying because my Kitty and
helpofa 'that-cfause',
I haven't got our daily chocolate.
• Interjections like 'Congratulations/' and ·rt,ank you/' get
changed into 'reporting verbs' in the indirect speech as
Granny asked Ursula ...... r.,., ...:".L.~ ..............
•..congratulated.. 'and ' thanked. .. '. ........................................ Ursula replied that
• Additional ch1111ks of assertions by a particular speaker may also she crying because ........................................ ..
be reported with the help of the expression 'andadded that. . '. ....................................... .................................. .
._

5. MRIG : What would you do if you were a

• 1. PRIMAL : Good morning, Rupa! Have you seen peacock?
Ratnasomewhere? MAYURJ : rddancetomyheart'scontent.
RUPA :Good morning, Primal! I'm afraid, MrigwantedtoknowwhatMayuriwoulddo ...
Ratnahas not come to th.e office t.oday. .............................................. Mayuri replied
Parima} wished Rupa a good morning and that ............................. to her heart's content.
I... si,,.
wanted to know ...,~ 1,.,a.J.
,J.,'!':!:..r;·,t+'"somewhere. 6. FARMER : I have been waiting for rains
R . t d th-- greeting and replied for weeks. There's no sign of
upa rec;;,"'; ;,. , i~~~. . .~'. .'.. . ./ .
that ....If:................... . ?
..1.....J..'-: (tlc:wJ
t WEATIIERMAN :
cloudsinthesky.
Don't. worry. It will definitely
2. A1<ll3 Where were you yesterrlay · I kep rain tomorrow.
waiting for you at the restaurant.
The farmer complained that ......................... .
JAVED : I was n't well, so I stayed at home
................................... for rains for weeks but
and took some rest.
there... ..................................................... .
,.I
Akib asked J aved .........................
................. .
in the sky. The weatherman assured the farmer
.....r .............................
. . .. and complained that ..... ... ·································.
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ASSESSMENT ...___ _
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:»&Fb,iu6iiiJ§·i·i•@ii44'1J
(A) Read the following conversations and then report
what was said by completing the following passages.
(1) .. ....... ...
. ... . ... ..... ... .. .... ......······••..,.
TEACHER Why have you come late?
SAM£ER Becau$e I $aw asignboard down the road.
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(8)
TEACHER · What does a signboard have to do with your being late?
DAUGHTER : Where are you going, Mother?
SAMEER : The signboard says, "School ahead, go slow."
MOTHER : Tomyfriend'shouse.
Sameer reached his school late one day. The DAUGHTER : Can I come with you? ,
teacher asked (a) .....................• to which Sameer
MOTHER : No. You must stay at horn~ to finish your homeworl
replied (b) •............................. down the road. The
The girl (a) ........ .. . Iler mother {b) ................... .
teacher wanted to know (cJ ..•..•.....•..•.••••...•being
The daughter then asked (c) ............................ .
late. With his tongue in his cheek Samee-r replied
lhat(dJ ............................ . Rer mother refused to take her along saying
that(d) .................. homework.
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(2) HUSBAND (4) ~}
RAIJHIKA I'll be late to return home tonight. Don't wait 1/
RAVI Can vouhear that noise? What do you think it is? me for dinner.
I think it's only rats running up and down. WIFE
RADHIKA Are You going out on a lllsiness trip?
No, IthinII it's someone trying 10 get in. HUSBAND
RAVI Yes. I'm going to meet aclient in Manhattan.
lwiRgoand see myself.
The husband told hi ....:,, th ( ) .....
Hearing a loud noise down1,tau-s Radhika asked s ... ue at a ..................
Ra\'i (a) •...•..•.... and (bJ Ra . and that (bJ ........................ for dinner. On beillll
•••·••••·••·•·•• • VI thought
asked (c) ········•··••··· on a business trip, he replied
that :it was only rat.s running up and down but d
Ra dhika said thut (c) . ibat( ) ···························· a client in Manhaltall•
·····•······· lT)llng to get in.
Ravi agreed and said (d) ...........•...•• ....... ······ .........................······· ······· ····· ............. ······...
.... ....... .. .. . ..... . .
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 Engli51t S Gmmm~r; Report~cl Speech ◄

(Bl Read the comic strips given below and comp1ete

her overall attempL So be remarked that as
the passages that follow. Write the correct answers
in the space provided. le) ........................ less marks. Baby did not think

(1) it was a problem aL all. She explamed her low

It'snkc to marks bysayingthat(d) ........................... .
- you "'l]oy,ng
your ind<f'<l'dc,,u,
Jcr.,..,,.
.......... ······················ ..... ···········•·········· ....... ······••·· ..
..............................................................................
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..... ............... .............. ' ...........................................

• mother that (a) ...

.............. Mother ,,~-
~
/ Just be sure ro
\':W~ if you go

told him (b) ....... ..

.......... and added
ci~
that it was nice
(c} .......................... She locked him as usual and
(8)
told him (d) ............................. .
I #0&4ii3;i !3!,#;fi t

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One snail asked another(aJ ............ His friend
. ..............................................................................
replied (b) ............... ... Confused, the first snail
•..·········' ................... ······ ... ' ... ······· ·········•··· ····••·····•• (c) ........... His friend explained <d) ............ .
(2)
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had sh own improvemen t the

tutor told h er (a) .................. •
Baby (bJ ................................ .
for his appreciation. However
the tutor was not happy with

b
(A) l\,•w11h• lhP lollow11 l!J ',<•nt,,nn•\ in indirc•ct \Pf'Pch (B) Rewrctr II1e following sentences in dirPct SPP.t!ch·

'l'lw p11lit•11I, ◄ 11id to tlw clnclnl', ''llow ofLon I. ! Jr• I.old hiH friend,; thnL the Principal had
• .,..
,hn11hl I t,1k,•lh1i;mpt I lt'llll', called them lo her office.
2. 'l'h,. clclt'lor r-mirl tu I.Ill' pnlirn1L, "You cn11 cornc 2. Lii;a told Denni8 that. they were a lready~
hnrk 1ft.l11!1 prnlilt•m cont intc<'H." late.
:4 'l'ht• rl'pnrlt•r rmitl, "I h1ul mcl Uw minister at :J, She told him that they had not been planning
ll 1111'1•!.111~ Yl'H I!'rtIny. " to go anywhere.
,1 'l'h1• polit•l•m11n :mul Lo l hc d river, "Why did 4. Mother said that. sh e h ad left. for the office in
you jump IIll' rt·d light'!'' a hurry.
Ii. "81L down und Hlop in lor r upting me," Lhe 5. He suggested to his friends that they should
IP11dp1•i..aid lo the rnportor. use his car
G. 8ulthbir Hnid Lo Su nit.ho, "Let's go on a worl d 6. She told the driver to drive fast so that they
t.ou rinoyucht." could reach the stat.ion in time.
7. "l wasn't t')(pcctinK you Leday," Moth er said to 7. He said that he was in trouble.
Aunt Mal ti.
8. She said that she knew the answer.
8. 1 1111id to my teacher, "Please forgive me for 9. She asked him whether be liked eggs or
breaking the rule. l shall be carerut next time." Porridge for breakfast.
9. My friend said to mo, "Ilow long have you 10. She exclaimed with disgust that lt was useless
bct•n living in lhis colony?"
(C) Rewrite the following conversation in indirectspee<h.
10. l >1nid, "UGodl I lotl niyt.extbookinthecanteen."
11, llc~micl,"ltis myfoult." MRATKINs : Wake up, David. It's already very
late for the walk.
•
12. Ben said to Tina, "You have been selected for
lhesummercamp." DAVID (Yawning) Oh. Dad, I am fee)wg

13. Rokha said Lo Yogos h, ''I'm not going to school

very sleepy. Can I sleep for
tomorrow'' another hour?
MRATKlNS: Getupquickly,youlazyboy!You've
14. "You must fini11h the work before you go home
toduy," smd lhf' Boss to Ria. to accompany me for the morning
walk.
15. Lily said to John, "How handsome you are
looking!" (0) Rewrite the following passage in indirect speech.

16, King Midas imid, "What a wonderful gift I "Jack," said Tom, "Are you free tomorrow?" "Well,
have got.!" I'm expecting my friend Mike to come to spend the
day with m e," replied Jack. "Great! Bring hilll
17. The players said, "Hurrah! We've won the
along with YC>u, and we shall have a good day's
match!"
llahing," said Tom.