March 1,

BY: MANOJ KUMAR SINGH

2013

WORKSHEET 1

Rewrite the following sentences, using indirect speech.

1. “We are building a house,” my friend said to me.

__I was told by my friend that the house has been built by us.___________

2. “It has been a dull life in this village,” the boy said to his father.

____He told his father that a dull life had been there in this village.______

3. “I would advise an operation,” the doctor said to the patient.

____Patient was told by the Doctor that an operation will be advise___________________

4. “This river causes floods every time we have heavy rains,” the villagers said to the collector.

___The Collector was told by the villagers that the river causes flood every time they had
rains.________________

5. “All the shops are closed today on account of the bandh,” he informed me.

____I was informed by him that all the shops were closed today on account of bandh._

6. “The portrait will be unveiled on Independence Day,” the headmaster announced in the school
assembly.

_____It was announced by the headmaster in school that the portrait would be unveiled on
Independence day.

7. “Your complaints will be looked into very soon,” the warden said to the boys.

___They were told by the warden that their complaints would be looked very soon.______

8. “Ivan, I am dying and you in turn will have to die,” the old man said to his son.

____He was told by his father that he was dying and in turn he would has to die.___

9. “I don’t know how we are going to live,” he said, crying bitterly.

___Crying bitterly, he said that he don’t know how they were going to live._

10. “Ivan nearly killed my daughter-in-law, and is now threatening to burn our house down,”
Gabriel complained to the judge.
March 1,
BY: MANOJ KUMAR SINGH
2013

___The judge was complained by him that Ivan nearly killed his daughter in law and then
threatening to burn their house down._____

11. “You have performed your task perfectly,” Prospero said to Ariel.

___Ariel was told by him that he had performed his task perfectly.____

12. “This is a wild man out of the rocks,” the blind men said to the village elder.

___He was told by the blind men that it was a wild man out of the rocks_____

13. “You have to put the stamp on the symbol you wish to vote for,” the polling officer said to the
woman voter.

___She was told by the police officer that she had to put the stamp on the symbol she wish to
vote for.____

14. “Your results will be published tomorrow,” the Registrar told the students.

____They were informed by the Registrar that their results would be published next day_____

15. He is very peculiar and can’t do anything right,” her father said to Medina about her lover.

____She was told by her father about her lover that he was very peculiar and couldn’t do
anything right._____