Grammar of Class 11 (Unit - 18 - Reported Speech)

                          Reported Speech (Grammar)

Unit-18: Immigration and Identity (Page 168)

B. Change the following into indirect speech.

a.   She said, "While I was having dinner, the phone rang."

Ans: She said that while I was having dinner, the phone rang.

b.   My friend said, "Where are they staying?"

Ans: My friend asked where they were staying.

c.   Jamila said, "I travel a lot in my job."

Ans: Jamila said that she travelled a lot in her job.

d.   She said to me, "We lived in China for five years."

Ans: She told me that they had lived in China for five years.

e.   He said to me, "Do you like ice-cream?"

Ans: He asked me whether I liked ice-cream.

f.    They said, "Hurray! We've won the match."

Ans: They exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.

g.   He said, "I'd tried everything without success, but this new medicine is great."

Ans: He said that he had tried everything without success, but that new medicine was great.

h.   Sony said, "I go to the gym next to your house."

Ans: Sony said that she went to the gym next to my house.

i.     He said, "Be quiet after 10 o'clock."

Ans: He told me to be quiet after 10 o'clock.

j.    He said, "I don't want to go to the party unless he invites me."

Ans: He said that he didn’t want to go to the party unless he invited him.

k.  He said to me, "I will see you tomorrow if you meet me."

Ans: He told me that he would see me the next day if I met him.

l.    She said, "If I were you, I would give up the work."

Ans: She said that if she were me, she would give up the work.

For rules of reported speech, you can go to grammar rules level of this blog.