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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

STD-5 ENGLISH GRAMMAR

DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

HOME ASSIGNMENT-1

Home Assignment: Class V: Direct and Indirect Speech
A. Change the sentences to reported speech:

1. He said to me, "Where have you been?"

He asked me _________________________________________________________.
2. My dad said, "Go to your room at once."

My dad ordered me _____________________________________________________.

3. Jimmy said, "I own a brand-new sports car."
Jimmy said that _____________________________________________________.

4. John said, "I am writing a new novel".
John said ___________________________________________________ .

5. My mother said, "Close your eyes and join your hands."
My mother advised me ___________________________________________________ .

B. Sentences are given in the direct speech. Change them into indirect speech.

1. ‘My Lord, is any of your silver missing?’ the Sergeant said to the Bishop.

2. ‘Did you see the exhibition?’ the teacher said to me.
3. ‘My son, when will you come back?’ said the mother.

4. ‘Can I get supper and lodging here for a night?’ said Jean Val Jean.
5. ‘I am a humble servant ready to obey the orders,’ said Madame Magloire to the Bishop.

6. Rob’s father said to Mary, ‘I hate to call Rob in the mornings.’
7. The teacher said to the boys, ‘If you do your best, you will surely pass.’

8. ‘Joseph, have you finished writing?’ asked the teacher.

9. ‘I have something to show you,’ Maya told her friend.
10. ‘Can you help me please?’ the tourist asked the policeman.