5. Direct & Indirect Speech, Interrogative Sentence, Narration Exercise 2 of 10th English B by AG Ahmad

 

2)       Method of Interrogative Sentences

There are two kinds of interrogative sentences.

i)             Simple/Single Interrogative Sentences.

ii)          Double Interrogative Sentences.

i)           Simple/Single Interrogative Sentences.

Recognition: -

The reported speech of these sentences starts with helping verb.

(Is, Am, Are, Was, Were, Has, Have, Had, Will, Shall, Can, Could,

Would, Should)

Changes:-

i) At the place of “said or said to”, write “asked or inquired”.

ii) At the place of “commas”, write “if or whether”.

iii) The interrogative sense of the sentence is changed into simple sentence.

(Helping Verb is put after the subject & Full Stop is put in the end.)

Ø   Change of pronoun, tense and certain words occur according to the Method.

Ø   Direct Speech: -    He said to me, “Are you doing your work?”

Indirect Speech: - He asked me if I was doing my work.

 

ii)       Double Interrogative Sentences

Recognition: -

The reported speech of these sentences starts with interrogative pronouns, such as,

how, why, when, where, what, who, whose, whom, which.

Changes:-

i) At the place of “said or said to” write “asked or inquired”.

ii) “Commas” are removed.

Ø   Change of pronoun, tense and certain words occur according to the Method.

Ø   Direct Speech: -    He said to me, “What are you doing?”

Indirect Speech: - He asked me what I was doing.

English Grammar & Composition

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Exercise No 2

1.      

 

1.She said, “Is this your book?”

       She asked if that was my book.

2.     He said, “Do you have any share in this firm?”

       He asked if I had any share in that firm.

3.     They said, “Have you ever visited Murree Hills?”

       They asked if I had ever visited Murree Hills.

4.     He said, “Aren’t you ashamed of yourself?”

       He asked if I was not ashamed of myself.

5.     The teacher said, “Did you do your home task yesterday?”

       The teacher asked if I had done my home task the previous day.

6.     The mother said, “Didn’t I ask you not to go there?”

       The mother asked if she had not asked me not to go there.

7.     Rehana said, “Will you stop interfering in my work?”

       Rehana asked if I would stop interfering in her work.

8.     The mother said, “Shall we invite the Qureshis also?”

       The mother asked if they should invite the Qureshis also.

9.     Adnan said, “Had you left Karachi before writing this letter?”

       Adnan asked if I had left Karachi before writing that letter.

10.          The judge said, “Have you anything more to say?”

         The judge asked if I had anything more to say.

11.          He said, “What do you want me to do?”

         He asked what I wanted him to do.

12.          The mother said, “How did you fail in your examination?”

         The mother asked how I had failed in my examination.

13.          Raza said, “Where are you going?”

         Raza asked where I was going.

14.          The teacher said, “Whose is this book”?

         . The teacher asked whose that book was.

15.          The teacher said, “Who is the author of this book?”

         The teacher asked who the author of that book was.

16.          The stranger said, “Which is the way to Shalimar Gardens?”

         The stranger asked which the way was to the Shalimar Garden.

17.          The manager said, “How do you propose to solve this problem?”

         The manager asked how I proposed to solve that problem.

18.          The boy said, “What do you want me to do?”

         The boy asked what I wanted him to do.

19.          The pupil said, “Where have I eased?”

         The pupil asked where he had eased.

20.          The teacher said, “Who is next on the list?”

         The teacher asked who the next was on the list.

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