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Notes 5. No conjunction is used to introduce the Reported Speech.
6. If the conjunction ‘that’ is used ‘should’ is placed before the Infinitive.
7. Observe the rules for the change of Pronouns and words showing nearness.
EXAMPLES
From Direct Speech into Indirect Speech
1. Direct : The Voice said, “Sehdeva, answer my questions and then drink water.”
Indirect : The Voice ordered Sehdeva to answer his questions and then drink water.
2. Direct : He said to Bhima, “Please seek them out and be quick about it.”
Indirect : He requested Bhima to seek them out and be quick about it. “
3. Direct : Forward, the Light Brigade,” said the Commander, “and charge for the guns.”
Indirect : The commander commanded the Light Brigade to march forward and charge for
the guns.
4. Direct : “Avoid bad company, Sarla,” said the mother.
Indirect : The mother advised Sarla to avoid bad company.
5. Direct : The father said to her, “Do not take in hand anything unless you think over the
pros and cons of it before-hand.”
Indirect : The father forbade her to take in hand anything unless she thought over the pros
and cons of it before-hand.
Or
The father advised her not to take in hand anything unless she thought over the
pros and cons of it before-hand.
Note: In the Negative Sentences ‘to’ is used after ‘not’.
3.3.9 Sentences Beginning with ‘Let’

1. Where let expresses ‘proposal’ the Reporting Verb is changed into ‘propose’ or ‘suggest’ and
‘let’ is replaced by ‘should’; as—
(i) Direct : She said, “Let us enjoy boating in the river, friends.”
Indirect : She suggested to her friends that they should enjoy boating in the river.
(ii) Direct : He said to them, “Let us cast lots and decide the issue.”
Indirect : He proposed to them that they should cast lots and decide the issue.
2. If let is used to mean ‘allow’ or ‘persuade’, it is changed into such phrases as ‘might be allowed’
or simply into the Infinitive ‘to let’; as—
(iii) Direct : The Headmaster said, “Ram Kishan, let the boy come in”.
Indirect : The Headmaster ordered Ram Kishan to let the boy come in.
(iv) Direct : He said to his host, “Let me go home now.”
Indirect : He suggested to his host that he might be allowed to (or should like to) go
home that day.
3. When let expresses a condition or supposition, it is changed into ‘might’; as—
(v) Direct : I said, “Let him work ever so hard, he cannot win a scholarship.”
Indirect : I said that he could not win a scholarship however hard he might work.
Or
I said that he might work ever so hard, he could not win a scholarship.

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