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• You mush have noticed that when we report someone’s exact words, we have to make some changes in the sentence structure. In the sentences fill in the blanks to list the changes that have occurred. To report a question, we use the reporting verb _____________
• You mush have noticed that when we report someone’s exact words, we have to make some changes in the sentence structure. In the sentences fill in the blanks to list the changes that have occurred. To report a declaration, we use the reporting verb __________.
• You mush have noticed that when we report someone’s exact words, we have to make some changes in the sentence structure. In the sentences fill in the blanks to list the changes that have occurred. The adverb of place here changes to ___________.
• Here is an excerpt from an article from the Times of India dated 27 August 2006. Rewrite it, changing the sentences in direct speech into reported speech. Leave the other sentences unchanged. “Why do you want to know my age? If people know I am so old, I won’t get work!” laughs 90-year-old A. K. Hangal, one of Hindi cinema’s most famous character actors. For his age, he is rather energetic. “What’s the secret?” we ask. “My intake of everything is in small quantities. And I walk a lot,” he replies. “I joined the industry when people retire. I was in my 40s. So I don’t miss being called a star. I am still respected and given work, when actors of my age are living in poverty and without work. I don’t have any complaints,” he says, adding, “but yes, I have always been underpaid.” Recipient of the Padma Bhushan, Hangal never hankered after money or materialistic gains. “No doubt I am content today, but money is important. I was a fool not to understand the value of money earlier,” he regrets.
• You mush have noticed that when we report someone’s exact words, we have to make some changes in the sentence structure. In the sentences fill in the blanks to list the changes that have occurred. If the verb in direct speech is in the present continuous tense, the verb in reported speech changes to ______________tense. For example, ____________ changes to was getting.
• You mush have noticed that when we report someone’s exact words, we have to make some changes in the sentence structure. In the sentences fill in the blanks to list the changes that have occurred. When the verb in direct speech is in the present tense, the verb in reported speech is in the ______________ tense (as in Sentence Set 3).
• What does Chubukov at first suspect that Lomov has come for? Is he sincere when he later says “And I’ve always loved you, my angel, as if you were my own son”? Find reasons for your answer from the play.
• Find all the words and expressions in the play that the characters use to speak about each other, and the accusations and insults they hurl at each other. (For example, Lomov in the end calls Chubukov an intriguer, but earlier, Chubukov has himself called Lomov a “malicious, double faced intriguer.” Again, Lomov begins by describing Nayalya as “ an excellent housekeeper, not bad-looking, well-educated.”)
• You mush have noticed that when we report someone’s exact words, we have to make some changes in the sentence structure. In the sentences fill in the blanks to list the changes that have occurred. The pronouns I, me, our and mine, which are used in the first person in direct speech, change to third person pronouns such as____________, ___________, ___________ or __________in reported speech.
• You mush have noticed that when we report someone’s exact words, we have to make some changes in the sentence structure. In the sentences fill in the blanks to list the changes that have occurred. When the sentence in direct speech contains a word denoting respect, we add the adverb _______________in the reporting clause (as in Sentence Set 1).