Oxford International School (OIS)

Subject: English Language

Topic: Narration or Speech
Solved Work Sheet 1 (a): Assertive Sentence
Class: 9

Name: __________________________ Section: ______________ Roll: _______ Date:

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Assertive Sentence: Reporting Verb => Present Tense

1. Change the following from Direct Speech (DS) to Indirect Speech (IS).

Reporting Verb => Present Tense Simple/Indefinite Tense

(a) DS: I say, ‘I am well.’

IS: I say that I am well.
(b) DS: You say to him, ‘I am well.’
IS: You say to/tell him that you are well.
(c) DS: He says, ‘I do the work.’
IS: He says that he does the work.
(d) DS: She says to me, ‘I do the work.’
IS: She says to/tells me that she does the work.
(e) DS: We say, ‘We are fine.’
IS: We say that we are fine.
(f) DS: They say to us, ‘We are fine.’
IS: They say to/tell us that they are fine.

2. Change the following from Direct Speech (DS) to Indirect Speech (IS).

Reporting Verb => Present Continuous/Progressive Tense

(a) DS: I am saying, ‘I am well.’

IS: I am saying that I am well.
(b) DS: You are saying to him, ‘I am well.’
IS: You are saying to/telling him that you are well.
(c) DS: He is saying, ‘I do the work.’
IS: He is saying that he does the work.
(d) DS: She is saying to me, ‘I do the work.’
IS: She is saying to/telling me that she does the work.
(e) DS: We are saying, ‘We are fine.’
IS: We are saying that we are fine.
(f) DS: They are saying to us, ‘We are fine.
IS: They are saying to/telling us that they are fine.

Oxford International School (OIS)

Subject: English Language
Topic: Narration or Speech
Solved Work Sheet 1 (b): Assertive Sentence
Class: 9

Name: __________________________ Section: ______________ Roll: _______ Date:

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 Assertive Sentence: Reporting Verb => Present Tense

3. Change the following from Direct Speech to Indirect Speech.

Reporting Verb => Present Perfect Tense

(a) DS: I have said, ‘I am well.’

IS: I have said that I am well.
(b) DS: You have said to him, ‘I am well.’
IS: You have said to/told him that you are well.
(c) DS: He has said, ‘I do the work.’
IS: He has said that she does the work.
(d) DS: She has said to me, ‘I do the work.’
IS: She has said to/told me that she does the work.
(e) DS: We have said, ‘We are fine.’
IS: We have said that we are fine.
(f) DS: They have said to us, ‘We are fine.
IS: They have said to/told us that they are fine.

4. Change the following from Direct Speech to Indirect Speech.

Reporting Verb => Present Perfect Continuous/Progressive Tense

(a) DS: I have been saying, ‘I am well.’

IS: I have been saying that I am well.
(b) DS: You have been saying to him, ‘I am well.’
IS: You have been saying to/telling him that you are well.
(c) DS: He has been saying, ‘I do the work.’
IS: He has been saying that he does the work.
(d) DS: She has been saying to me, ‘I do the work.’
IS: She has been saying to/telling me that she does the work.
(e) DS: We have been saying, ‘We are fine.’
IS: We have been saying that we are fine.
(f) DS: They have been saying to us, ‘We are fine.’
IS: They have been saying to/telling us that they are fine.
Oxford International School (OIS)
Subject: English Language
Topic: Narration or Speech
Solved Work Sheet 2 (a): Assertive Sentence
Class: 9

Name: __________________________ Section: ______________ Roll: _______ Date:

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Assertive Sentence: Reporting Verb => Past Tense

1. Change the following from Direct Speech (DS) to Indirect Speech (IS).

Reporting Verb => Past Tense Simple/Indefinite Tense

(a) DS: I said, ‘I am well.’

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 IS: I said that I was well.
(b) DS: You said to him, ‘I am well.’
IS: You said to/told him that you were well.
(c) DS: He said, ‘I do the work.’
IS: He said that he did the work.
(d) DS: She said to me, ‘I do the work.’
IS: She said to/told me that she did the work.
(e) DS: We said, ‘We are fine.’
IS: We said that we were fine.
(f) DS: They said to us, ‘We are fine.’
IS: They said to/told us that they were fine.

2. Change the following from Direct Speech (DS) to Indirect Speech (IS).

Reporting Verb => Past Continuous/Progressive Tense

(a) DS: I was saying, ‘I am well.’

IS: I was saying that I was well.
(b) DS: You were saying to him, ‘I am well.’
IS: You were saying to/telling him that you were well.
(c) DS: He was saying, ‘I do the work.’
IS: He was saying that he did the work.
(d) DS: She was saying to me, ‘I do the work.’
IS: She was saying to/telling me that she did the work.
(e) DS: We were saying, ‘We are fine.’
IS: We were saying that we were fine.
(f) DS: They were saying to us, ‘We are fine.
IS: They were saying to/telling us that they were fine.

Oxford International School (OIS)

Subject: English Language
Topic: Narration or Speech
Solved Work Sheet 2 (b): Assertive Sentence
Class: 9

Name: __________________________ Section: ______________ Roll: _______ Date:

______________

Assertive Sentence: Reporting Verb => Past Tense

3. Change the following from Direct Speech to Indirect Speech.

Reporting Verb => Past Perfect Tense

(a) DS: I had said, ‘I am well.’

IS: I had said that I was well.
(b) DS: You had said to him, ‘I am well.’
IS: You had said to/told me that you were well.
(c) DS: He had said, ‘I do the work.’
IS: He had said that she did the work.
(d) DS: She had said to me, ‘I do the work.’
IS: She had said to/told me that she did the work.
(e) DS: We had said, ‘We are fine.’

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 IS: We had said that we were fine.
(f) DS: They had said to us, ‘We are fine.
IS: They had said to/told us that they were fine.

4. Change the following from Direct Speech to Indirect Speech.

Reporting Verb => Past Perfect Continuous/Progressive Tense

(a) DS: I had been saying, ‘I am well.’

IS: I had been saying that I was well.
(b) DS: You had been saying to him, ‘I am well.’
IS: You had been saying to/telling him that you were well.
(c) DS: He had been saying, ‘I do the work.’
IS: He had been saying that he did the work.
(d) DS: She had been saying to me, ‘I do the work.’
IS: She had been saying to/telling me that she did the work.
(e) DS: We had been saying, ‘We are fine.’
IS: We had been saying that we were fine.
(f) DS: They had been saying to us, ‘We are fine.’
IS: They had been saying to/telling us that they were fine.

Oxford International School (OIS)

Subject: English Language
Topic: Narration or Speech
Solved Work Sheet 3 (a): Assertive Sentence
Class: 9

Name: __________________________ Section: ______________ Roll: _______ Date:

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Assertive Sentence: Reporting Verb => Future Tense

1. Change the following from Direct Speech (DS) to Indirect Speech (IS).

Reporting Verb => Future Tense Simple/Indefinite Tense

(a) DS: I will say, ‘I am well.’

IS: I will say that I am well.
(b) DS: You will say to him, ‘I am well.’
IS: You will say to/tell him that you are well.
(c) DS: He will say, ‘I do the work.’
IS: He will say that he does the work.
(d) DS: She will say to me, ‘I do the work.’
IS: She will say to/tells me that she does the work.
(e) DS: We will say, ‘We are fine.’
IS: We will say that we are fine.
(f) DS: They will say to us, ‘We are fine.’
IS: They will say to/tell us that they are fine.

2. Change the following from Direct Speech (DS) to Indirect Speech (IS).

Reporting Verb => Future Continuous/Progressive Tense

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(a) DS: I will be saying, ‘I am well.’
IS: I will be saying that I am well.
(b) DS: You will be saying to him, ‘I am well.’
IS: You will be saying to/telling me that you are well.
(c) DS: He will be saying, ‘I do the work.’
IS: He will be saying that he does the work.
(d) DS: She will be saying to me, ‘I do the work.’
IS: She will be saying to/telling me that she does the work.
(e) DS: We will be saying, ‘We are fine.’
IS: We will be saying that we are fine.
(f) DS: They will be saying to us, ‘We are fine.
IS: They will be saying to/telling us that they are fine.

Oxford International School (OIS)

Subject: English Language
Topic: Narration or Speech
Solved Work Sheet 3 (b): Assertive Sentence
Class: 9

Name: __________________________ Section: ______________ Roll: _______ Date:

______________

Assertive Sentence: Reporting Verb => Future Tense

3. Change the following from Direct Speech (DS) to Indirect Speech(IS).

Reporting Verb => Future Perfect Tense

(a) DS: I will have said, ‘I am well.’

IS: I will have said that I am well.
(b) DS: You will have said to him, ‘I am well.’
IS: You will have said to/told me that you are well.
(c) DS: He will have said, ‘I do the work.’
IS: He will have said that she does the work.
(d) DS: She will have said to me, ‘I do the work.’
IS: She will have said to/told me that she does the work.
(e) DS: We will have said, ‘We are fine.’
IS: We will have said that we are fine.
(f) DS: They will have said to us, ‘We are fine.
IS: They will have said to/told us that they are fine.

4. Change the following from Direct Speech (DS) to Indirect Speech (IS).

Reporting Verb => Future Perfect Continuous/Progressive Tense

(a) DS: I will have been saying, ‘I am well.’

IS: I have been saying that I am well.
(b) DS: You will have been saying to him, ‘I am well.’
IS: You have been saying to/telling him that you are well.
(c) DS: He will have been saying, ‘I do the work.’
IS: He has been saying that he does the work.
(d) DS: She will have been saying to me, ‘I do the work.’
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 IS: She has been saying to/telling me that she does the work.
(e) DS: We have been saying, ‘We are fine.’
IS: We have been saying that we are fine.
(f) DS: They have been saying to us, ‘We are fine.’
IS: They have been saying to/telling us that they are fine.

Oxford International School (OIS)

Subject: English Language
Topic: Narration or Speech
Solved Work Sheet 4 (a): Interrogative Sentence
Class: 9

Name: __________________________ Section: ______________ Roll: _______ Date:

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Interrogative Sentence: Reporting Verb => Past Tense

1. Change the following from Direct Speech (DS) to Indirect Speech (IS).

Rule 1: Questions that can be answered by saying ‘Yes’ or ‘No’: By using ‘asked’ instead of
the ‘Reporting Verb and ‘if’ or ‘whether’ in between the ‘Reporting Speech’ and the ‘Quoted
Speech’:

(a) DS: I said to him, ‘Have you done it?’

IS: I asked him if/whether he had done it.
(b) DS: He said to her, ‘Are you sleeping now?’
IS: He asked her if/whether she was sleeping then.
(c) DS: You said to me, ‘Did you see them?’
IS: You asked me if/whether I had seen them.
(d) DS: She said to us, ‘Were you playing cricket then?’
IS: She asked us if/whether we were playing cricket then.
(e) DS: They said to me, ‘Will you come with us?’
IS: They asked me if/whether I would go with them.
(f) DS: We said to them, ‘Do you know this place?’
IS: They asked them if/whether they knew that place.

2. Change the following from Direct Speech (DS) to Indirect Speech (IS).

Rule 2: Questions that cannot be answered by saying ‘Yes’ or ‘No’: By using ‘asked’ instead
of the ‘Reporting Verb and a ‘wh-word’ (who, why, what, whom, when, when, whom, whose,
how) in between the ‘Reporting Speech’ and the ‘Quoted Speech’:

(a) DS: I said to him, ‘How old are you?’

IS: I asked him how old he was.
(b) DS: He said to her, ‘Where did you go?’
IS: He asked her where she had gone.
(c) DS: You said to me, ‘Whom do you want?’
IS: You asked me whom I wanted.
(d) DS: She said to us, ‘Why were you crying?’
IS: She asked us why we were crying.
(e) DS: They said to me, ‘Where do you live?’
IS: They asked me where I lived.
(f) DS: We said to them, ‘Who are you?’
IS: We asked them who they were.
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 Oxford International School (OIS)
Subject: English Language
Topic: Narration or Speech
Solved Work Sheet 5 (a): Imperative Sentence
Class: 9

Name: __________________________ Section: ______________ Roll: _______ Date:

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Imperative Sentence: Reporting Verb => Past Tense

Change the following from Direct Speech (DS) to Indirect Speech (IS).

Rule: By using ‘told’, ordered’, ‘commanded’, ‘advised’, ‘requested’ instead of the ‘Reporting
Verb and ‘to’ or ‘no to’ in between the ‘Reporting Speech’ and the ‘Quoted Speech’:

(a) DS: I said to him, ‘Do it now.’

IS: I ordered him to do it then.
(b) DS: He said to her, ‘Do not run in the sun.’
IS: He advised her not to run in the sun.
(c) DS: You said to me, ‘Please help me.
IS: You requested me to help you.
(d) DS: She said to us, ‘Call in a doctor.
IS: She told us to call in a doctor.
(e) DS: The general said to the soldiers, ‘March on.’
IS: The general commanded the soldiers to march on.
(f) DS: We said to them, ‘Let him do it.’
IS: We told them that he might be allowed to do it.
(g) DS: I said to him, ‘Do not tell a lie.’
IS: I advised him not to tell a lie.
(h) DS: He said to her, ‘Take care of your health.’
IS: He advised her to take care of her health.
(i) DS: You said to me, ‘Leave this place now.
IS: You ordered me to leave that place then.
(j) DS: She said to us, ‘Always respect your superiors.
IS: She advised us to always respect our superiors.
(k) DS: They said to me, ‘Help us, please.
IS: They requested me to help them.
(l) DS: We said to them, ‘Come here now.
IS: We ordered/told them to go there then.

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 Oxford International School (OIS)
Subject: English Language
Topic: Narration or Speech
Solved Work Sheet 6 (a): Optative Sentence
Class: 9

Name: __________________________ Section: ______________ Roll: _______ Date:

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Optative Sentence: Reporting Verb => Past Tense

Change the following from Direct Speech (DS) to Indirect Speech (IS).

Rule: By using ‘wished’ or ‘prayed’ instead of the ‘Reporting Verb and ‘that’ in between the
‘Reporting Speech’ and the ‘Quoted Speech’:

(a) DS: She said, ‘May you succeed in life.’

IS: She wished/prayed that I might succeed in life.
(b) DS: He said, ‘Long live Bangladesh.’
IS: He wished that Bangladesh might live long.
(c) DS: You said, ‘If I were a bird!’
IS: You wished if you had been a bird.
(d) DS: She said, ‘Had I the wings of a bird!’
IS: She wished if she had the wings of a bird.
(e) DS: They said, ‘May Bangladesh live long.’
IS: They wished/prayed that Bangladesh might live long.
(f) DS: We said, ‘May Allah help us.’
IS: We prayed that Allah might help us.
(g) DS: I said to him, ‘May you pass the examinations.’
IS: I wished him that he might pass the examinations.
(h) DS: He said to her, ‘May God bless you.’
IS: He wished her that God might bless her.
(i) DS: You said to me, ‘May you be happy.’
IS: You wished me that I might be happy.
(j) DS: She said to us, ‘May you win the game.’
IS: She wished us that we might win the game.
(k) DS: They said to me, ‘May you get a good job.’
IS: They wished me that I might get a good job.
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(l) DS: We said to them, ‘Be good persons in life.
IS: We wished them that they might be good persons in life.

Oxford International School (OIS)

Subject: English Language
Topic: Narration or Speech
Solved Work Sheet 7 (a): Exclamatory Sentence
Class: 9
Name: __________________________ Section: ______________ Roll: _______ Date:
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Exclamatory Sentence: Reporting Verb => Past Tense

Change the following from Direct Speech (DS) to Indirect Speech (IS).

Rule: By using ‘exclaimed (great) with joy’ or ‘exclaimed (great) with sorrow’ or ‘exclaimed
with wonder’ or ‘exclaimed with (great) disgust’ instead of the ‘Reporting Verb and ‘that’ in
between the ‘Reporting Speech’ and the ‘Quoted Speech’:

(a) DS: He said, ‘Hurrah! We have won game.’

IS: He exclaimed with (great) joy that they had won game.
(b) DS: She said, ‘Alas! He is no more.’
IS: She exclaimed with (great) sorrow that he was no more.
(c) DS: You said, ‘How charming it is!’
IS: You exclaimed with (great) joy that it was very charming.
(d) DS: He said, ‘What a beautiful bird it is!’
IS: He exclaimed with joy that it was a very beautiful bird.
(e) DS: They said, ‘Wow! How nice it is.’
IS: They exclaimed with wonder that it was very nice.
(f) DS: We said, ‘Alas! We are undone.’
IS: We exclaimed with sorrow that they were undone.
(g) DS: I said, ‘How biting cold it is!’
IS: I exclaimed with sorrow that it was very biting cold.
(h) DS: He said, ‘It’s really great!’
IS: He exclaimed with joy that it was really great.
(i) DS: You said, ‘How boring the work is!
IS: You exclaimed with disgust that the work was very boring.
(j) DS: He said, ‘What a mistake have I made!’
IS: He exclaimed with (great) sorrow that he had made a great mistake.
(k) DS: She said, ‘How long the road is!’
IS: He exclaimed with wonder that the load was very long.
(l) DS: She said, ‘How beautiful the scenery is!’
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IS: She exclaimed with wonder that the scenery was very beautiful.

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