Direct and Indirect Narration

 

Assignment 

4. (B) Turn the following into Indirect narration of speech: (one out of two) page No. 21

Unit 1

(1) Ben said. "I am going swimming, I am. Do you wish you could go with me? Or would you rather work?" Tom said, "What do you mean? Work?" "That is work."

• Ben told that he was going swimming, he was. Did they wish they could go with him. Or would they rather work. Tom replied that what did he mean. Work, that was work.

(2) "Oh. Tom. let me try. Only a little. I will be careful Tom. I will give you part of my apple."

"No. Ben, I am afraid

• MC Ben suggested to Tom that let him try only a little. He would be careful. He would be given a part of his apple. Tom replied that he was afraid.

Unit 3 and 4

(1) An official from the MC said. "We've done our part. We passed the orders properly. It's not our job to police the streets."

• An official from MC said that they had done their part by passing the orders properly. He added that it was not their job to police the streets.

(2) "People here do not abide by the rules. These same people would never run a traffic signal abroad. but here they need constant supervision, which is impossible..." said a traffic police officer.

• A traffic police officer said that people there did not abide by the rules. He added that those same people would never run a traffic signal abroad, and needed constant supervision here which was impossible.

(3) A passing student told this reporter. "The authorities charge too much for parking. Who will pay 25 bucks for only 15 - 20 minutes? If you just want to guzzle a tomato soup and have a quick bite at the tikki corner, you shouldn't have to pay so much."

• A passing student told this reporter that the authorities charged too much for parking. He also asked him who would pay 25 bucks for only 15 - 20 minutes parking, to guzzle a tomato soup and have a quick bite at the tikki corner.

(4) "Our task was to determine whether these unidentified objects were celestial or terrestrial." astronomer. Tushar Prabhu, told the newspaper.

• Astronomer Tushar Prabhu told the newspaper that their task was to determine whether those unidentified objects were celestial or terrestrial. 

Appendix 

(1) The waiting man took out a fine watch, covered with small jewels. "Three minutes before ten," he said."It was ten that night when we said goodbye here at the restaurant door."

• The waiting man took out a fine watch covered with small jewels. It was three minutes before ten said the man. It was ten that night when they said goodbye at the restaurant door.

(2) "It gave me everything I asked for. You've changed

Jimmy. I never thought you were so tall."

"Oh. I grew a little after I was twenty

"Are you doing well in New York. Jimmy?

"Well enough. I work for the city Come on. Bob, We'll go to a place I know, and have a good long talk about old times."

• He told Jimmy that he gave him everything that he asked for. He has changed. He never thought he was so tall. He grew a little after he was twenty. Were they done well in New York. Bob replied that he worked for the city. They would go to a place he knows and had a good long talk about old times. 

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