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Changing the form of speech
Rewrite the following passage changing the form of speech.
Exercise-1
‘‘Why don’t you attend the class?’’ the teacher said to the boy, ‘‘You can’t expect good results unless you attend classes as I tell you.’’ ‘‘I am sorry sir, I have offended you,’’ said the boy. ‘‘Thank you,’’ said the teacher.
Answer: The teacher asked the boy why he (b) did not attend the class. He told him (b) that he (b) could not expect good results unless he (b) attended classes as he (t) told him (b). The boy respectfully said that he (b) was sorry. He (b) added that he (b) had offended him (t). Then the teacher thanked him (b)
Exercise-2
‘‘Why were you absent?’’ said the teacher. ‘‘The Headmaster is very angry with you. Go to him at once.’’ ‘‘I was seriously ill,’’ said Papia.
Answer: The teacher asked Papia why she had been absent and said that the Headmaster was very angry with her. He told her to go to him (Headmaster) at that moment. Papia said that she had been seriously ill.
Exercise-3
My friend said to me, ‘‘Why are you reading this hour? It is time for prayer. Let us go out for a walk after saying prayer.’’ ‘‘Yes, I agree with you,’’ said I.
Answer: My friend asked me why I was reading that hour and told me that it was time for prayer. He proposed to me that we should go out for a walk after saying prayer. I agreed with him.
Exercise-4
‘‘Why did you not go to school yesterday?’’ said the mother to the girl. ‘‘I was ill, mum,’’ the girl replied. ‘‘How are you today?’’ the mother asked again. ‘‘Well,’’ said the girl. ‘‘Don’t worry for me.’’
Answer: The mother asked the girl why she (g) had not gone to school the previous day. Addressing her mother as mum, the girl replied that she (g) had been ill. The mother again asked her (g) how she (g) was that day. The girl replied that she was well and told her (m) not to worry for her (g).
Exercise-5
‘‘My sons, a great treasure lies hidden in the land there. I am going to leave it as I shall die soon,’’ said the old father. Being curious, the sons said, ‘‘How shall we find it?’’ ‘‘You must dig the land for it,’’ said the old man.
Answer: The old father told his sons that a great treasure lay hidden in the land there and added that he was going to leave it as he would die soon. Being curious, the sons asked the old father how they would find it. The old man replied that they had to dig the land for it.
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