Worksheet: Reported Speech

Q.1. Convert the following sentences into Indirect Speech :
(i) He said to her. "Do you want to go home ?"
(ii) He said to you. "Where are you going ?"
(iii) I said to him, "What brings you here ?"
(iv) You said to us, "How do you solve this sum ?"
(v) She said to me, "How are you getting on with your studies ?"
(vi) I said to my friend, "Have you been to England ?"

Q.2. Convert the following sentences into Indirect Speech :
(i) She said to me, "Who taught you English ?"
(ii) He said to his mother, "Why did you not wash my school dress ?"
(iii) The mother said to the child, "Did you have your breakfast ?"
(iv) Anil said to his sister, "How did you fare in the interview ?"
(v) The policeman asked me, "Had the thief stolen your watch ?"

Q.3. Change the following into indirect speech :
(i) He said to me, "I have often told you not to play with me."
(ii) They wrote, "It is time we thought about settling this matter."
(iii) The teacher promised. "If you come to school tomorrow, I will explain it."
(iv) "What do you want ?" he said to her.
(v) He said, "How's your father ?"
(vi) "Don't you know the way home ?" asked I.
(vii) "Do you really come from China ?" said the prince.
(viii) "Sit down, boys," said the teacher.
(ix) "Run away, children," said the mother.

Q.4. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error along with the correction. Do not forget to underline the error.
Her mother said that you must go straight to (i) ____ your grandmother. There was a wolf (ii) _______ in the wood through which she are (iii) _______ going. But if she keep the road, he (iv) _______ will not do any harm. The mother (v) _______ asked her to do as she tells her. (vi) _______

Q.5. Read the dialogues given below and then complete the report by choosing the correct options from the ones given below the dialogue :
Judge: Why don't you speak the truth ?
Witness: I have spoken only the truth.
Judge: Were you really present at the scene ?
Witness: Yes, sir.
The judge asked the witness (i) ____ the truth. The witness replied that (ii) ____ only the truth. At this the judge asked (iii) ____ at the scene. The witness replied in positive.
(i) (a) why don't you speak
(b) why didn't he speak
(c) why you didn't speak
(d) why he did not speak
(ii) (a) he had spoken
(b) I have spoken
(c) I had spoken
(d) he has spoken

(iii) (a) if you are really present
(b) that you were really present
(c) if he was really present
(d) that he was really present

Mother: What is the matter ?
Son: Grandfather has shot a policeman.
Mother: Why ?
Son: He was a deserter.
Mother asked the son (i) ____ The son replied (ii) ____ a policeman. The mother demanded (iii) ____ To this the son replied that he was a deserter.
(i) (a) that what is the matter
(b) what is the matter
(c) what the matter was
(d) if what was the matter

(ii) (a) that the grandfather has shot
(b) that Grandfather had shot
(c) if grandfather had shot
(d) why Grandfather had shot

(iii) (a) why
(b) why Grandfather has shot
(c) that why grandfather had shot
(d) why Grandfather had shot
Merchant: How much have you collected ?
Accountant: Twenty thousand in cash and the balance on paper.
Merchant: Where have you deposited the cash ?
The Merchant asked the accountant (i) ____ collected. The accountant replied (ii) ____ and the balance on paper. Then the merchant wanted to know (iii) ____
(i) (a) how much you have
(b) how much have you
(c) how much had he
(d) how much he had

(ii) (a) that I have collected twenty thousand in cash
(b) that he has collected twenty thousand in cash
(c) that he had collected twenty thousand in cash
(d) he had collected twenty thousand in cash

(iii) (a) where have you deposited the cash
(b) where he had deposited the cash
(c) where had he deposited the cash
(d) where the cash had been deposited

Son: How are you feeling now?
Father: Much better, son.
Son: Are you taking the medicines regularly?
Father: Yes, my dear.
The son asked his father (i) ____ then. The father replied that (ii) ____ much better. The son further asked (iii) ____ the medicines regularly. The father replied in affirmative.
(i) (a) that how he was feeling
(b) how he was feeling
(c) how you are feeling
(d) how was he feeling

(ii) (a) I am feeling
(b) I was feeling
(c) he is feeling
(d) he was feeling

(iii) (a) if you are taking
(b) if he is taking
(c) that he was taking
(d) if he was taking

Ram: Do you shave every day?
Mohan: Yes. Don't you?
Ram: No. I shave only once a week
Ram asked Mohan (i) ____ everyday. Mohan replied in positive and asked (ii) ____ the same. Ram agreed that he didn't and said (iii) ____ only once a week.
(i) (a) do you shave
(b) did he shave
(c) if he shaved
(d) that if he shaved

(ii) (a) don't you
(b) you don't
(c) if you don't
(d) if he didn't

(iii) (a) I shave
(b) that he shaved
(c) if he shaved
(d) if I shaved

Sue: What is it dear?
Johnsy: The leaves.
Sue: Are you counting the leaves?
Johnsy: Yes.
Sue asked Johnsy (i) ____ Johnsy replied that (ii) ____ Sue further asked (iii) ____ the leaves. Johnsy replied in positive.
(i) (a) what it is
(b) what is it
(c) what is was
(d) what was it

(ii) (a) that it was the leaves
(b) it is leaves
(c) that it are leaves
(d) that it had leaves

(iii) (a) are you counting
(b) that she was counting
(c) was she counting
(d) if she was counting

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