direct and direct speech

DIRECT & INDIRECT SPEECHDIRECT & INDIRECT SPEECH

1)"Are you feeling alright now?" said the master 1)"Are you feeling alright now?" said the master to his servant, "can you leave for Lahore to his servant, "can you leave for Lahore tomorrow morning and bring his son there for tomorrow morning and bring his son there for the holidays?"the holidays?"

Ans. The master asked his servant if he was feeling alright then. He further asked him if he could leave for Lahore the following morning and bring his son there for the holidays.


"A great loss to me at any rate," said the "A great loss to me at any rate," said the Miller, "why I had as good as given him my Miller, "why I had as good as given him my wheelbarrow, and now I really don't know what wheelbarrow, and now I really don't know what to do with it."to do with it."

Ans. The Miller told them that it was a great loss to him at any rate. He added that he had as good as given him his wheelbarrow, and then he really didn't know what to do with it.


(a) He said, "The earth moves round the sun," (a) He said, "The earth moves round the sun," (b)(b) He said, "I am an early riser.”.He said, "I am an early riser.”.

(a)He said that the earth moves round the sun.(b)He said that he was an early riser.


My father said, "Have you not finished your lesson yet, my My father said, "Have you not finished your lesson yet, my boy?" "No," I replied, "this lesson, is so difficult! I tried my boy?" "No," I replied, "this lesson, is so difficult! I tried my best to learn it yesterday but failed." "Never mind," said my best to learn it yesterday but failed." "Never mind," said my father, "try again and again, and you will succeed at last."father, "try again and again, and you will succeed at last."

Ans. My father asked me if I had not finished my lesson till then. I replied in negative and added that that lesson was so difficult and that I had tried my best to learn it the previous day but failed. My father forbade me to mind and advised me to try again and again and assured me that I would succeed at last.


The teacher became, angry with the student and said, The teacher became, angry with the student and said, "Why have you 'disturbed the class? I have told you "Why have you 'disturbed the class? I have told you before that when I am speaking you should be silent."before that when I am speaking you should be silent."

The teacher became angry with the student and asked him why he had disturbed the class. He added that he had told him before that when he was speaking he should be silent.


The Headmaster said/'Come in, Smith, what do you The Headmaster said/'Come in, Smith, what do you want?" Smith said, "May I stay at home on Wednesday, want?" Smith said, "May I stay at home on Wednesday, Sir? My father is returning from Africa." The Sir? My father is returning from Africa." The Headmaster said." At what time will he arrive?"Headmaster said." At what time will he arrive?"

The Headmaster permitted Smith to come in and asked him what he wanted. Smith asked respectfully if he might stay at home on Wednesday and added that his father was returning from (Africa. The Headmaster asked him at what time he would arrive.


““I Know nothing about the feelings of parents," said the I Know nothing about the feelings of parents," said the water-rate; "I am not a family man. Love is all very water-rate; "I am not a family man. Love is all very well in its way, but friendship is much higher."well in its way, but friendship is much higher."

The water-rat said that he knew nothing about the feelings of parents and that he was not a family man. He further said that love was all very well in its way, but friendship was much higher.


Are you feeling alright now?" said the Manager to his Are you feeling alright now?" said the Manager to his Assistant. "Can you manage the factory in my Assistant. "Can you manage the factory in my absence."absence."

Ans. The Manager asked his Assistant if he was feeling alright then. He further asked him if he could manage the factory in his absence.


"May you succeed in life!" she said to me She said. "May you succeed in life!" she said to me She said. "What a strange story it is!""What a strange story it is!"

Ans.She prayed that I might succeed in life. She exclaimed with wonder that it was a very strange story.


Allama said, "Have you heard that she has holidays Allama said, "Have you heard that she has holidays now and that she is coming to see us tomorrow?"now and that she is coming to see us tomorrow?"

Ans. Najma asked them if they had heard that she had holidays then and that she was coming to see them the next day.


A fawn, one day, said to her mother, "Mother, you are bigger A fawn, one day, said to her mother, "Mother, you are bigger than a dog and swifter and better minded, and you have than a dog and swifter and better minded, and you have horns to defend yourself, how is it that you are so afraid of t horns to defend yourself, how is it that you are so afraid of t he hounds?“She smiled and said, "All this, my child. I know he hounds?“She smiled and said, "All this, my child. I know fully well; but no sooner do I hear a dog bark, then, somehow fully well; but no sooner do I hear a dog bark, then, somehow or other, my heels take me off as fast as they can carry me."or other, my heels take me off as fast as they can carry me."

Ans. A fawn, one day told her mother that she was bigger than a dog and swifter and better minded and she had horns to defend herself. He then asked his mother how it was that she was so afraid of the hounds. She smiled and told her child that she knew all that fully well but as soon as she heard a dog bark, somehow or other her heels took her off as fast as they could carry her.


"What a silly boy you are" cried the Miller, "I really don't "What a silly boy you are" cried the Miller, "I really don't know what is the use of sending you to school. You seem know what is the use of sending you to school. You seem not to learn anything."not to learn anything."

The miller shouted to his son that he was a very silly boy. He told him that he really did not know what the use of sending him to school. He further told him that he (the boy) seemed not to learn anything.


(a)(a) "Sit down and tell me what is worrying you," he said "Sit down and tell me what is worrying you," he said to her.to her.(b)(b) "Take care of your health," said the doctor to the "Take care of your health," said the doctor to the patient.patient.

Ans.(a)He advised her to sit down and tell him what was worrying her. (b) The doctor advised the patient to take care of his health.


My Friend said, 'Who do you think is right, the one who My Friend said, 'Who do you think is right, the one who thinks that life in this world is all paradise or the one who is thinks that life in this world is all paradise or the one who is always cursing himself as to why he was born.“ I said, always cursing himself as to why he was born.“ I said, "None of them is absolutely correct. Life is neither all "None of them is absolutely correct. Life is neither all heavenly nor all infernal. It is for man to learn how to turn heavenly nor all infernal. It is for man to learn how to turn the painful ordeals of life into delightful enterprise.the painful ordeals of life into delightful enterprise.

My friend asked me who I thought was right, the one who thought that life in this world was all paradise or the one who was always cursing himself as to why he was born. I replied that none of them was absolutely correct. I further said that life was neither all heavenly nor all infernal. It was for the man to learn how to turn the painful ordeals of life into delightful enterprise.


The teacher became angry with the student and said, "Why The teacher became angry with the student and said, "Why have you disturbed the class in this way I have told you have you disturbed the class in this way I have told you before that when I am speaking you should be silent. Leave before that when I am speaking you should be silent. Leave the room and do not return."the room and do not return."

The teacher became angry with the student and asked him why he had disturbed the class in that way. He reminded him that he' had told him before that when he was speaking he (the student) should be silent. He then ordered him to leave the room and forbade him to return.


(a)(a) He said to me, "Change your clothes."He said to me, "Change your clothes."(b)(b) He said to his sister, "Honesty is the best He said to his sister, "Honesty is the best policy."policy."

Ans. (a) He ordered me to change my clothes.(b) He told his sister that honesty is the best policy.

DIRECT & INDIRECT SPEECHDIRECT & INDIRECT SPEECHBlair: Have you seen the President? Blair: Have you seen the President? Stanton: I have just been with him. Stanton: I have just been with him. Welles: What does he say?Welles: What does he say?Stanton: He only said, 'at last'. He is coming in a moment.Stanton: He only said, 'at last'. He is coming in a moment.Hook: He will bring his proclamation with him again. I do not think this is Hook: He will bring his proclamation with him again. I do not think this is the right moment to make it.the right moment to make it.

Blair asked Stanton if he had seen the President. He answered that he had just been with him. Welles asked what he (the President) said. Stanton answered that he(the President) only said "at last". He further said that he (the President) was coming in a moment Hook said that he (the President) would bring his proclamation with him again. He added that he did not think that was the right moment to make it.


"Ah! the life of my dear friend is in jeopardy," said the fox to "Ah! the life of my dear friend is in jeopardy," said the fox to herself, "How to save the life of the jacket from these herself, "How to save the life of the jacket from these furious hounds?"furious hounds?"

The fox said to herself with grief that the life of her dear friend was in jeopardy, She asked how to save the life of the Jackal from those furious hounds.


"I don't understand you," answered the water-rat. "Let me "I don't understand you," answered the water-rat. "Let me tell you a story on the subject," said the Linnet. "Is the story tell you a story on the subject," said the Linnet. "Is the story about me?" asked the water-rat.about me?" asked the water-rat.

Ans. The water-rat answered that, he did not understand him. The linnet shouted to him to let him tell him a story on the subject. The water-rat asked if the story was about him


"How very well you speak French!" Lady Grizzel said. "I "How very well you speak French!" Lady Grizzel said. "I ought to know it" Becky modestly said, "I taught it in a ought to know it" Becky modestly said, "I taught it in a school and my mother was a French woman".school and my mother was a French woman".

Ans: Lady Grizzel exclaimed with surprise that she (Becky) spoke French very well. Becky modestly said that she ought to know it and added that she had taught it in a school and her mother was a French woman.


"I'll sell the T. V. set if you keep quarrelling about the "I'll sell the T. V. set if you keep quarrelling about the programme," said the mother. "Please don't do that," programme," said the mother. "Please don't do that," said the children.said the children.

Ans. The mother told the children that she would sell the T.V. set if they kept quarrelling about the programme. The children requested her not to do that.


"Lots of people act well," answered the Miller, "but very "Lots of people act well," answered the Miller, "but very few people talk well, which shows that talking is much few people talk well, which shows that talking is much the more difficult thing of the two, and much the finer the more difficult thing of the two, and much the finer thing also".thing also".

Ans. The Miller answered that lots of people acted well but very few people talked well, which showed that talking was much the more difficult thing of the two, and much the finer thing also.


(a)(a) The gardener said to the boys, "Do not pluck the The gardener said to the boys, "Do not pluck the flowers",flowers",(b)(b) My friend said to me, "When will you go to My friend said to me, "When will you go to Lahore?"Lahore?"

Ans. (a) The gardener forbade the boys to pluck the flowers, (b) My friend asked me when I should go to Lahore.


(a)(a) The teacher said to us, No doubt that it is a very hot The teacher said to us, No doubt that it is a very hot today, even then I am going to teach you".today, even then I am going to teach you".(b)(b) Ahmed said to me, "Will you really stand by me in Ahmed said to me, "Will you really stand by me in hour of need?"hour of need?"

Ans.(a) The teacher told us that no doubt that it was a very hot that day, even then he was going to teach us.(b) Ahmed asked me if I should really stand by him in hour of need.


"Who are you, strangers?" I asked "Where do you "Who are you, strangers?" I asked "Where do you come from? Are you honest merchants or wandering come from? Are you honest merchants or wandering pirates?"pirates?"

Ans. I asked the strangers who they were and where they came from. I further asked if they were honest merchants or wandering pirates.


The traveler said, "Can you tell me the way to the nearest The traveler said, "Can you tell me the way to the nearest inn?" "Yes," said the farmer, "Do you want one in which you inn?" "Yes," said the farmer, "Do you want one in which you can spend the night?" "No," replied the traveler, "I only want can spend the night?" "No," replied the traveler, "I only want a meal."a meal."

Ans. The traveler asked the farmer if he could tell him the way to the nearest inn. The farmer replied in affirmative and asked the traveler if he wanted one in which he could spend the night. The traveler replied in negative and further said that he only wanted a meal.

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