Question

Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech : 

1. I said to Vishnu, “How did you cross the river yesterday?” 

2. Baby said, “What are you doing here?” 

3. The mother said, “Who shall drink milk and take five toffees from me?” 

4. The child said, “Who can take me to the fairy land?” 

5. The Preacher said, “Whose son was Hanuman?” 

6. Rony said to her mother, “When will my brother come back to Bareilly from Kanpur?” 

7. The woman said, “Where is Avinash?” 

8. The lamb said to the wolf, “How can I make the water dirty?” 

9. “Who will bell the cat?” asked an old mouse. 

10. The child said to his mother, “How many birds are there in the nest?” 

11. The servant said to his master, “When do you intend to pay me?” 

12. The traveller said to me, “What is the shortest way to the station?” 

13. The man was angry with his servant and said, “Why have you again disturbed me in my sleep?” 

14. The patient said, “Doctor, will you save me or not?” 

15. “Do you write a good hand?” asked the Principal.

Answer 1

1. I asked Vishnu how he had crossed the river the previous day. 

2. Baby asked what you were doing there. 

3. The mother asked who should drink milk and take five toffees from her. 

4. The child asked who could take him to the fairy land. 

5. The Preacher asked whose son had been Hanuman. 

6. Rony asked her mother when her brother would to Bareilly from Kanpur. 

7. The woman asked where Avinash was. 

8. The lamb asked the wolf how he could make the water dirty. 

9. An old mouse asked who would bell the cat. 

10. The child asked his mother how many birds were there in the nest. 

11. The servant asked his master when he intended to pay him. 

12. The traveller asked me what the shortest way to the station was. 

13. Being angry with the servant the man asked him why he had disturbed him in his sleep. 

14. The patient asked the doctor whether he would save him or not. 

15. The Principal asked him whether he wrote a good hand.