JSC Narration Exercise

Change the following speeches into indirect.
1. a) He said to me, 'Please give me a glass of water'.
b) He said to me, 'Where do you live'?
c) Ripa said, 'I must write a letter'.
d) She says, 'I was ill'.
e) I said to him, 'Good morning'.

2. a) The teacher said to the student 'have you done your English lesson today?'
b) He said to me, 'You must decide what you want to do.'
c) Father said to his son, 'Always behave well'.
d) They said to us, 'Let us decide the matter ourselves'.
e) He said to me, 'Congratulations!'

3. a) The students said to the teacher 'Please, explain the matter again, sir.'
b) The teacher said, 'Let him do whatever he likes'.
c) 'Were you hungry, friends?' said the captain.
d) 'Yes, sir', The student replied. `I have done my duty'.
e) "Don't worry for me', The girl said to her mother.

4. a) They said to us, 'We shall open the firm'.
b) I said to her, 'Where did you do yesterday'.
c) She said to me, 'Let us make fun'.
d) He says to me, 'I shall punish her'.
e) Karim said, 'I came to Dhaka this morning'.

5. a) The man said to the girl, 'I know you and your father'.
b) The boy said to his friend, 'have you done the sum?'
c) My friend said to me, 'Let us go out for a walk'.
d) Shelly said to me, 'I want to go to school now'.
e) The man said to me, 'Where do you live?'

6. a) He said to me, 'I want to your house yesterday'.
b) 'Please listen to me', said he.
c) I said to the chairman, 'Let them do their duty'.
d) Runa said, 'Mother, I must do a good result this year'.
e) He said to me, 'Did you follow my examples?'

7. a) Laila said, 'Father, I shall go to bed now'.
b) The teacher said to the students, 'You must listen to what your parents say'.
c) My mother said to me, 'Why did you not go to school yesterday?'
d) Kashem said to his friends, 'Let us make a garden.'
e) The officer said to the man, 'Leave the room at once'.

8. a) He said to me, 'I can sing'.
b) He said to me, `can I borrow your pen?'
c) He said to her, 'Let us go for picnic'.
d) I said to him, 'why did you insult me?'
e) I said to my brother, 'Do your job'.

9. a) He said to me, 'You do not do your duty'.
b) They congratulated me.
c) My father forbade me to keep bad company.
d) The boy said, 'Sir, please grant me leave in absence'.
e) Karim said to Rahim, 'I shall meet you today'. 

10. a) The teacher said to the students, 'The sun rises in the east'.
b) They said to us, 'When will you return home?'.
c) Father said, 'Slow and steady wins the race'.
d) Ali said, 'I did not play yesterday'.
e) I said to the headmaster, 'Will you grant me a full-free studentship?'

লক্ষ্য করোঃ

Changing of some words into Indirect:

Direcr – Indirect

This – That,

These – Those,

Here – There,

Ago – Before,

Come – Go, (Note: go cannot be come)

Thus – so,

Hither – thither,

Today – that day,

Tomorrow – the next day / the following day, Yesterday- the previous day,

Last month – the previous month,

Tonight –that night,

Last night – the previous night,

Next week –the following week,

Now- then

*Example: He said, “I am going now.”     Indirect: He said that he was going than.