Worksheet Solutions: Direct and indirect speech | English Marigold Class 5 PDF Download

Q1: Sentences are given in direct speech. Change them into indirect speech.

(i) ‘When are you leaving for Chennai?’ Shyam asked me.
Ans: Shyam asked me when I was leaving for Chennai.

(ii) ‘Was there a big crowd at the meeting?’ asked the man.
Ans: The man asked if/whether there was a big crowd at the meeting.

(iii) ‘Is Mohan present in the room?’ the teacher asked.
Ans: The teacher asked if/whether Mohan was present in the room.

(iv) ‘Do you expect to get a raise this year?’ my wife asked me.
Ans: My wife asked me if/whether I expected to get a raise.

(v) Lakshmi said, ‘I’m leaving.’
Ans: Lakshmi said that she was leaving.

(vi) He said to Raju, ‘Please wait here till I return.’
Ans: He requested Raju to wait there till he returned.

(vii) ‘Don’t spend all your money on gadgets,’ Mrs. John told her son.
Ans: Mrs. John advised her son not to spend all his money on gadgets.

(viii) ‘When did you leave school?’ the man asked the boy.
Ans: The man asked the boy when he had left school.

(ix) ‘Will you buy my hair?’ Della asked Madame.
Ans: Della asked Madame if/whether she would buy her hair.

(x) ‘Where have you been all day?’ the father asked his daughter.
Ans: The father asked his daughter where she had been all day.

(xi) ‘My Lord, is any of your silver missing?’ the Sergeant said to the Bishop.
Ans: The Sergeant asked the Bishop if any of his silver was missing.

(xii) ‘Did you see the exhibition?’ the teacher said to me.
Ans: The teacher asked me if/whether I had seen the exhibition.

(xiii) ‘My son, when will you come back?’ said the mother.
Ans: The mother asked her son when he would come back.

(xiv) ‘Can I get supper and lodging here for a night?’ said Jean Val Jean.
Ans: Jean Val Jean asked if/whether he could get supper and lodging there for a night.

(xv) ‘I am a humble servant ready to obey the orders,’ said Madame Magloire to the Bishop.
Ans: Madame Magloire told the Bishop that she was a humble servant ready to obey the orders.

(xvi) Rob’s father said to Mary, ‘I hate to call Rob in the mornings.’
Ans: Rob’s father told Mary that he hated to call Rob in the mornings.

(xvii) The teacher said to the boys, ‘If you do your best, you will surely pass.’
Ans: The teacher told the boys that if they did their best, they would surely pass.

(xviii) ‘Joseph, have you finished writing?’ asked the teacher.
Ans: The teacher asked Joseph if he had finished writing.