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Direct and Indirect Speech (Grammar)
EXERCISE 2.
Change the following into the Indirect form of speech:
1. Sarika said, "My father served in Allahabad before retirement."
2. The teacher said, "My students were playing cricket before sunset yesterday."
3. "They didn't treat me fairly last year," he said.
4. Shruti said, "I have lost my watch today."
5. He said to me, "You are my student and I am your teacher."
6. He said to his mother, "I will come here next month to see you"
7. Arvind said, "I bought a bike last year and gave it to my brother."
8. She said to me, "I have often told you not to play with fire."
9. They wrote, "It is time we thought about settling this matter."
10. She wrote, "I am waiting, watching and longing for my son's return."
11. The prince said, "It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening."
12. She said to him, "I don't believe you now."
13. He said, "My friend will come to me the day after tomorrow."
14. His mother said, "The room was very hot last night."
15. She said, "I am glad to be here this morning."
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In the exercise provided, you are asked to change the given sentences from direct speech to indirect speech.

Here are the sentences converted into indirect speech:

1. Sarika said that her father had served in Allahabad before retirement.
2. The teacher said that his students had been playing cricket before sunset the previous day.
3. He said that they hadn't treated him fairly the previous year.
4. Shruti said that she had lost her watch that day.
5. He told me that I was his student and he was my teacher.
6. He told his mother that he would come there the following month to see her.
7. Arvind said that he had bought a bike the previous year and had given it to his brother.
8. She told me that she had often told me not to play with fire.
9. They wrote that it was time they thought about settling that matter.
10. She wrote that she was waiting, watching, and longing for her son's return.
11. The prince said that it gave him great pleasure to be there that evening.
12. She told him that she didn't believe him then.
13. He said that his friend would come to him the day after tomorrow.
14. His mother said that the room had been very hot the previous night.
15. She said that she was glad to be there that morning.

By converting the sentences to indirect speech, you maintain the meaning but change the structure to fit the indirect reporting of what was said.

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