Task 1
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentences.
Question 1.
I am very busy.
Answer:
Raja said that he was very busy.
Question 2.
I have completed my work.
Answer:
Satya said that she had completed her work
Question 3.
I don’t like to go out.
Answer:
Johnson said that he didn’t like to go out
Question 4.
I have just come back from Chennai.
Answer:
Akshita said that she had just come back from Chennai
Question 5.
I am learning English.
Answer:
Jayan said that he was learning English
Question 6.
I bought a pen yesterday.
Answer:
Madhu said that she had bought a pen the previous day
Question 7.
We will go shopping tomorrow.
Answer:
Joseph and Mary said that they would go shopping the next day
Question 8.
We can’t attend the party.
Answer:
Afsar and Ayesha said that they couldn’t attend the party
Question 9.
How are you?
Answer:
Satish
Question 10.
I am in line. Thank you.
Answer:
Victor enquired how Victor was replied that he was fine and thanked him
Task 2
Read the following dialogue and complete the report in the space provided.
Question 1.
Priya: Where are you going to?
Vijay: I am going to the railway station.
Priya: Why are you going there?
Vijay: I want to receive my uncle who is coming from Bangalore.
Answer:
Priya asked Vijay : (a) where he was going.
Vijay replied : (b) that he was going to the railway station.
Priya further inquired : (c) why he was going there.
Vijay stated that : (d) he wanted to receive his uncle who was coming from Bangalore.
Question 2.
Teacher : Why are you late?
Divya : I missed the bus.
Teacher : You should have reached the bus stop on time.
Divya : My grandmother is ill. So, I had to take her to the doctor.
Teacher : I am sorry. What ails her?
Divya : She has high fever.
The teacher asked Divya why she was late. Divya replied that ___(a)___The teacher told her that ___(b)___ Divya said that her grandmother was ill so she had to take her to the doctor. The teacher felt sorry and further asked her ___(c)___Divya explained that she ___(d) ___ high fever.
Answer:
(a) she had missed the bus
(b) she should have reached the bus stop on time.
(c) what ailed her
(d) had
Task 3
Rewrite the following passage in indirect speech.
Pradeep got out of bed with much excitement. “It is going to be a lovely sunny day,” he remarked to his sister Varshini.
I “Just let me sleep a bit longer, Pradeep,” Varshini begged, “and since you are feeling so
enthusiastic,” she suggested, “Why don’t you go and help a mother in cooking?”
“Sure, I will”, said Pradeep. “Can I help you, mum?”, he said to his mother.
“Yes, of course. There are idlis and vadas on the dining table. Have your breakfast.”
“Thank you, mum; I’ll surely help you by eating them.”
Pradeep got out of bed with much excitement and remarked to his sister Varshini that it was going to be a lovely sunny day. Varshini begged Pradeep to let her sleep a little longer and suggested that since he was feeling so enthusiastic, he should go and help their mother in cooking. Pradeep agreed willingly and asked his mother whether he could help her. His mother replied that he certainly could and told him that there were idlis and vadas on the dining table and asked him to have his breakfast. Pradeep thanked his mother and humorously said that he would surely help her by eating them.