Question

DIRECT and INDIRECT SPEECH.

Report the statements:

1. Bettu said to Lucy, 'i'm sorry to disturb you.'

2. Dan said:, 'i've missed my bus, i'll be late and my boss will be furious.'

3. the girl said to her friends, 'i didn't go to the stadium yesterday.'

Correct the errors.

1. she asked him where he came from.

2. she asked who Bill had been.

3. she asked me why the three was cut down.

4. we asked them if they are able to come to our place earlier.

5. the custom officer asked me if i had anything to declare.

6. betty said she was busy the next day.

7. he asked me to have done everything at once.

8. she asked me if these books were mine.

9. the teacher told us to stay here.

10. she asked me if she saw me before

Answer 1

I.  1) Betty said to Lucy that she was sorry to disturb her

                   or

Betty appologised for disturbing Lucy

 2) Dan said that he had missed his bus, so he would be late and his boss would be furious.

3) The girl told her friends that she hadn't gone to the stadium the previous day. 

 

II. 1) She asked him where he had come from -

2) She asked who Bill was

3) She asked me why the tree was cut down

4) We asked them if they were able to come  to iur place earlier

5) The customs officer asked me if I had anything to declare

6) Betty said she would be busy the next day

7) He asked me if I had done everything at once/ He told me not to do everything at once

8) She asked me if those books were mine

9) The teacher told us to stay there

10) She asked me if she had seen me before.