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Change Direct to Indirect Speech Narration Part-3 of Oxford Grammar by R.k Sinha<\/p>\n

How to Change Direct to Indirect Speech Narration Rules 3 and it’s Examples & Exercise Solution.<\/h2>\n

Narration Changing Rule 3 Direct to Indirect Speech.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u092f\u0926\u093f Reporting Verb\u00a0Past Tense<\/b>\u00a0( Said )<\/b>\u00a0\u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0964 \u0924\u094b Inverted Comma \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0926\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924\u00a0\u0928\u093f\u0915\u091f\u0924\u092e \u0938\u0942\u091a\u0915 \u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0926\u0942\u0930\u0940 \u0938\u0942\u091a\u0915 \u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947 \u092c\u0926\u0932 \u0926\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0964<\/b><\/p>\n

\u0928\u093f\u0915\u091f\u0924\u092e \u0938\u0942\u091a\u0915\u00a0 \u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0926\u0942\u0930\u0940 \u0938\u0942\u091a\u0915 \u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926<\/b><\/p>\n

This\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0That
\nThese\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Those
\nHere\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 There
\nNow\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Then
\nThus\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 So
\nHence\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Thence
\nThis day\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0That day
\nToday\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0That day
\na______ ago\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a_____ before
\na______ ago\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the previous_____
\nNext Month\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The following Month
\nLast Month\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The previous Month
\nNext Week\/year\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The following week\/year
\nLast Week\/year\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The previous week\/year
\nThe day before yesterday\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 two days before
\nThe day after tomorrow\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 in two days’ time
\nTomorrow\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The next day\/the following day
\nYesterday\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The day before\/the previous day<\/p>\n

Examples of Direct and Indirect Speech<\/b><\/p>\n

1. She said, ” i am glad to be here this evening. ”
\nShe said that she was glad to be there that evening.<\/p>\n

2. He said, ” i am now speaking to this boy. ”
\nHe said that he was then speaking to that boy.<\/p>\n

3. He said, ” i will do it tomorrow. ”
\nHe said that he should do it the next day.<\/p>\n

4. She said, ” i am starting the day after tomorrow. ”
\nShe said that she was starting in two days’ time.<\/p>\n

5. He said, ” it is not so foggy today as it was yesterday. ”
\nHe said that it was not so foggy that day as it had been the day before.<\/p>\n

6. ” i saw him the day before yesterday, ” she said.
\nShe said that she had seen him two days before.<\/p>\n

7. The girl said to me, ” i shall meet you next month. ”
\nThe girl told me that she would meet me the following month.<\/p>\n

8. He said, ” she died a year ago. ”
\nHe said that she had died a year before.<\/p>\n

1. Reporting Verb<\/b>\u00a0\u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924\u00a0to<\/b>\u00a0\u0915\u094b \u0939\u091f\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0964
\n2. Inverted Comma<\/b>\u00a0\u0915\u0947 \u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928 \u092a\u0930\u00a0that<\/b>\u00a0\u0926\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0964
\n3. Tense<\/b>\u00a0\u0915\u094b\u00a0Rules 2<\/b>\u00a0\u0915\u0940 \u092e\u0926\u0926 \u0938\u0947\u00a0change<\/b>\u00a0\u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0964
\n4.<\/b>\u00a0\u0928\u093f\u0915\u091f\u0924\u092e \u0938\u0942\u091a\u0915 \u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0926\u0942\u0930\u0940 \u0938\u0942\u091a\u0915 \u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947 \u092c\u0926\u0932 \u0926\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902<\/p>\n

Oxford Current English Grammar Exercise 77 full Solution and Change direct to indirect Speech Correctly.<\/h3>\n

1. He said, ” i want to stay here this morning. ”
\nHe said that he wanted to stay there that morning.<\/p>\n

2. She said, ” These flowers are very beautiful. ”
\nShe said that those flowers were very beautiful.<\/p>\n

3. They said to her, ” we shall see you tomorrow. ”
\nThey told her that they would see her the next day.<\/p>\n

4. He said, ” i am going away tomorrow. ”
\nHe said that he was going away the next day.<\/p>\n

5. She said to me, ” i can’t give you money today. ”
\nShe told me that she couldn’t give me money that day.<\/p>\n

6. The boy said to his mother, ” i shall not go to school today. ”
\nThe boy told his mother that he would not go to school that day.<\/p>\n

7. He said, ” My mother will come the day after tomorrow. ”
\nHe said that my mother would come in two days’ time.<\/p>\n

8. i said, ” i did it yesterday. ”
\ni said that i had done it the previous day.<\/p>\n

9. She said, ” i wrote to him the day before yesterday. ”
\nShe said that she had written to him two days before.<\/p>\n

10. The farmer said, ” i bought the hen yesterday and i am going to sell it tomorrow. ”
\nThe farmer said that he had bought the hen the previous day and he was going to sell it the next day.<\/p>\n

11. She said to me, ” i couldn’t meet you last night because i was so busy. ”
\nShe told me that she couldn’t meet me the previous night because she had been so busy.<\/p>\n

12. She said, ” my husband died a year ago. ”
\nShe said that her husband had died a year before.<\/p>\n

13. Sita said to me, ” i tried to do it yesterday but it couldn’t be done because you were absent. ”
\nShe told me that she had tried to do it the day before it couldn’t be done because i had been absent.<\/p>\n

14. She said, ” I shall join the office next week. ”
\nShe said that she would join the office the following week.<\/p>\n

15. ” i saw a wild animal in the garden yesterday, ” said She.
\nShe said that she had seen a wild animal in the garden the day before.<\/p>\n

16. ” i was trying to do it yesterday. ” he said.
\nHe said that he had been trying to do it the day before.<\/p>\n

17.”\u00a0 i am intending to do it tomorrow. ” Said the man.
\nThe man said that he was intending to do it the next day.<\/p>\n

18. ”\u00a0 Yesterday Ram and i went to the river. ” Said he.
\nHe said that Ram and he had gone to the river the day before.<\/p>\n

19. He said, ” she arrived yesterday and will go tomorrow. ”
\nHe said that she had arrived the day before and would go the next day.<\/p>\n

20. i can’t go there today because i am busy this time but i shall go tomorrow. ” said he.
\nHe said that she couldn’t go there that day because she was busy that time but she would go the next day.<\/p>\n

Converting direct speech to indirect speech involves altering the original spoken words to fit into a sentence without quotation marks, often requiring changes in pronouns, verb tenses, and time expressions. According to R.K. Sinha’s “Oxford Current English Grammar”<\/strong>, Part-3 of the section on narration provides specific guidelines for these transformations.<\/p>\n

Key Changes from Direct to Indirect Speech:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Pronouns:<\/strong> Adjust pronouns to match the perspective of the reporting speaker.<\/li>\n
  2. Verb Tenses:<\/strong> Shift verb tenses back in time when the reporting verb is in the past tense.<\/li>\n
  3. Time and Place Indicators:<\/strong> Modify words indicating time and place to reflect the change in context.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. \n

      Direct: She said, “I am glad to be here this evening.”<\/p>\n