Exercise N0. 2
Practice exercise for change of tenses
Model Sentences
| Direct Speech |
Indirect Speech |
| She said to me,"I see you in my village." |
She told me that she saw me in her village. |
| The students said,"Our team wins this game." |
The students told that their team won that game. |
| He said to me,"You are going to my village today." |
He told me that I was going to his village that day. |
| You said to me,"I have met him on the way." |
You told me that you had met him on the way. |
| Aroosh said to Zaniha,"She can take part in the final rehearsal." |
Aroosh told Zaniha that she could take part in the final rehearsal. |
| She said to her mother,"I shall serve my country selflessly." |
She told her mother that she would serve her country selflessly. |
| The old man said,"Union is strength." (Universal truth) |
The old man told that union is strength. |
Rules of conversion:- To convert these sentences into indirect narration following instructions must be observed.
- Change say to tell, says to tells and said to told.
- Use conjunction that in the place of inverted commas.
- Change pronouns of reported speech according to rules stated in lesson change of pronouns.
- Change tense of reported speech according to rules stated in lesson change of tense.
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Exercise for the change of tenses
Change the voice.
- He said to me,"He is ill."
- He said,"I have had a blue guitar."
- She said,"She sings a song on her birthday."
- You said to him,"I have visited London."
- They said to the coach,"They are taking exercise."
- Teacher said to the students,"Honesty is the best policy."
- We said to him,"You go for a walk every day with your pet dogs."
- You said to Ali,"You may have gone to Karachi."
- He said to me,"My friend has been taking regular classes IELTS with me for two months."
- Aslam said to him."I have been waiting for you since your return from South Africa."
- Students said to teacher,"We have completed our summer task according to your instructions."
- She said to Ali,"I buy a book and share it with my sister to improve her reading skills."
- They said to me,"We are celebrating Eid with our parents and relatives in our native village."
- Customer said to the shopkeeper,"He cannot stay for a long time with heavy load on his head."
- Ahmad said to his teacher,"Your visit will be a great source of pleasure to all of us. We shall look forward to your visit to our village eagerly."