Q. Change the following assertive sentences into indirect speech.
1. She said to me, “I liked your goodwill shown to me through your help.”
2. I said, “I care not a bit for him.”
3. ‘‘Mohan,’’ said the teacher, “you will pass only if you work hard.”
4. “Today it is clear,” said the teacher to the class, “but it will rain heavily tomorrow.”
5. He said to me, “Your speech was heart-touching.”
6. She said to him, “Your sister is a naughty girl.”
7. The servant said to the master, “I have finished all my work.”
8. Bhim said to the Yaksha, “I have come here to drink water.”
9. The teacher said to the students, “I shall take you to Dehradun tomorrow.”
10. The Principal said, “Mr. Sharma’s work is neither neat nor satisfactory.”
Answer
1. She told me that she liked (had liked) my goodwill shown to her through my help.
2. I said that I cared not a bit for him.
3. The teacher told Mohan that he would pass only if he worked hard.
4. The teacher told the class that that day it was clear, but it would rain heavily the next day.
5. He told me that my speech was heart-touching.
6. She told him that his sister was a naughty girl.
7. The servant told the master that he had finished all his work.
8. Bhim told the Yaksha that he had come there to drink water.
9. The teacher informed the students that he would take them to Dehradun the next day.
10. The Principal remarked that Mr. Sharma’s work was neither neat nor satisfactory.
NICE WORKSHEET BUT ONE DOUBT SHALL CHANGES INTO SHOULD BUT YOU HAVE WRITTEN IN 5 SENTENCE HE WOULD GO TO DELHI THE NEXT DAY
It does not affect the narration but for precaution you can use ‘should’.
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Yes Same Doubt with me also
Now it’s clear
No shall will change into would It’s rules
It is not necessary when you have to use with I and we. It would become ‘should’ but if you use ‘would’ even then it would not be wrong.
The direct speech is in 1st person, so the auxiliary is “shall”. But in indirect speech, the personal pronoun will change to the third person asking an auxiliary “will”, which has the past tense of ” would”. Hence in place of should, there will be would
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Thank you so much for such a nice examples, but sir I have a doubt in question no. 10. Sir if explain it I will be very thankful of you.
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Thanks for your compliments. Q 10 is He will say to me, “Sometimes I think bad about you. Now here the reporting verb is ‘will’ and so we keep the reported speech without changing its tense. Click the link to see this video https://ncerttutorials.com/reporting-direct-indirect-speech-cbse-class-10-grammar/
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I have a doubt in the 5th statement why we didnt change go into went ????? please reply
5. My friend said to me, “I shall go to Delhi tomorrow.”
Shall changes to ‘should’ when used with ‘I’ and ‘We’ otherwise it changes to ‘would’ and these are modals that use first form of verbs, so ‘go’ has been used. You can watch our videos. If still have doubts then contact us at WhatsApp 8081370373 or at telegram @AjeetSir.
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Very helpful notes and study material.thankyou for sharing