Narration: Exercise 015

Narration: Exercise 015

Change the following sentences into indirect speech.

            1.         The sons said to their father, "How will we find it?" [NAR:14]

            2.         The student said, "We were reading books." [NAR:03]

            3.         The students said, "Our team won the game." [NAR:03]

            4.         The teacher said to him, “What a nice fellow you are!” [NAR:21]

            5.         The teacher said to him, “What a nice fellow you are!” [NAR:21]

            6.         The teacher said to me, "How did you do it?" [NAR:14]

            7.         The teacher said to me, "Where have you been so long?" [NAR:14]

            8.         The teacher said to me, "You are wrong." [NAR:02]

            9.         The teacher said to me," Don't elaborate your answer unnecessarily." [NAR:13]

            10.       The teacher said to Ratan, "Have you done your English lesson today?" [NAR:13]

            11.       The teacher said to the boys, "Why are you making a noise?" [NAR:14]

            12.       The teacher said to the student, "Be attentive and listen to my lecture."  [NAR:16]

            13.       The teacher said to the student, "Go out of the classroom." [NAR:16]

            14.       The teacher said to the student, "Leave the room and do not return again today." [NAR:16]

            15.       The teacher said to the student, "Let us discuss about gardening." [NAR:17]

            16.       The teacher said to the student, "Let's try to solve the problem." [NAR:17]

            17.       The teacher said to the student, "The more you read, the more you learn" [NAR:05]

            18.       The teacher said to the student, "Why did you not come to school yesterday?" [NAR:14]

            19.       The teacher said to the students, "A friend in need is a friend indeed." [NAR:05]

            20.       The teacher said to the students, "Can anyone give the correct answer of this question?" [NAR:13]

Narration: Exercise 015

Answer Section

            1.         The sons asked the father how they would find it.

            2.         The students said that they had been reading books.

            3.         The students said that their team had won the game.

            4.         The teacher exclaimed that he was a very nice fellow.

            5.         The teacher exclaimed that he was a very nice fellow.

            6.         The teacher asked me how I had done it.

            7.         The teacher asked me where I had been so long.

            8.         The teacher told me that I was wrong.

            9.         The teacher advised me not to elaborate my answers unnecessarily.

            10.       The teacher asked Ratan if he had done his English lesson that day.

            11.       The teacher asked the boys why they were making a noise.

            12.       The teacher advised the students to be attentive and listen to his lecture.

            13.       The teacher told the student to go out of the classroom.

            14.       The teacher ordered the student to leave the room and not to return again that day.

            15.       The teacher proposed to the student that they should discuss about gardening.

            16.       The teacher proposed to the student that they should try to solve the problem.

            17.       The teacher said to the student that the more he (S) reads, the more he (S) learns.

            18.       The teacher asked the student why he had not gone to school the previous day.

            19.       The teacher said to the students that a friend in need is a friend indeed.

            20.       The teacher asked the students if anyone could give the correct answer of that question.