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Notes 5. Direct : “Curse it” said the teacher, “who could have fore-seen your failure?”
Indirect : The teacher exclaimed with oath that no one could have fore-seen his failure.
6. Direct : I said to her, “By God, I have not seen your pen.” Indirect: I swore that I had
not seen her pen.
7. Direct : She said, “God knows, I did not steal your book.”
Indirect : She called upon God to witness that she had not stolen
his book.
8. Direct : “Yes, I say, I did it,” said Rani.
Indirect : Rani emphatically declared (confessed) that she had done it.
9. Direct : “No sir, I did not touch the glass,” said I.
Indirect : I respectfully denied that I had touched the glass.
10. Direct : “Fear! grand-mamma” replied Nelson, “I, never saw fear.”
Indirect : Being much surprised when his grand-mamma spoke of fear,
Nelson told her that he had never seen fear.

3.5 Review Questions

1. Change the following sentences into Indirect Form of Speech:
(i) Shanta said, “Why are you late? I wanted for you so long.”
(ii) “Tell your mistress, little man,” said the Captain kindly, “that we must speak to her.”
(iii) I said, “Good-bye, dear comrades!”
(iv) “Good-bye, my dear friend. May we meet again,” said Ram.
(v) Ranjit said to his servant, “Run Chandu, and bring my umbrella.”
2. Turn the following into the Direct Form of Speech:
(i) I asked him how he dared to disobey my orders and whether he did not deserve to be
punished. He said that he was prepared to apologise for his fault and hoped that I
would forgive him.
(ii) Andy asked the postmaster why he wanted to know that. The Postmaster laughed at
this funny question and told him that he must tell him who the letter was for, or he
won’t know which letter he should give him.
(iii) He asked me when I intended to leave Chandigarh. I told him that, as the next day would
be spent in meeting old friends, I could only hope to leave by the day after at the earliest.
(iv) He stood up and remarked that Jai Singh was up in arms against the Nawab and he
must be by his side. The bride’s men pleaded and requested him to stay for a while and
complete the ceremonies.
(v) She warned Tyl that if in his picture she didn’t see herself smiling, with a perfect set of
pearly teeth, she would have him cut into small bits by her lover.
(vi) Tyl told the Archduke that he wanted him to grant him one last favour. He implored
him to order all the courtiers to assemble in that room. He further said that when they
were there he wanted to say a few words to them and then he would draw the curtain.
3.6 Further Readings

1. “English for Competitive Exams” By Dr. R.P. Bhatnagar
2. “Unique Quintessence of General English” Edited By Dr. S. Sen and Others and
revised by Dr. G.S. Mansukhani.

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