Convert the following sentences from Direct form to Indirect form…
1. Meena asked her friend, “Do you think your teacher will come today?”
Answer – Meena asked her friend if she thought her teacher would come that day.
2. David asked his colleague, “Where will you go this summer?”
Answer – David asked his colleague where he would go that summer.
3. He asked the little boy, “Why are you studying English?”
Answer – He asked the little boy why he was studying English.
4. She asked me, “When are we going to leave?”
Answer – She asked me where we were going to leave.
5. Pran asked me, “Have you finished reading the newspaper?”
Answer – Pran asked me if I had finished reading the newspaper.
6. Seema asked her, “How long have you lived here?”
Answer – Seema asked her how long she had lived there.
7. Sheila asked the children, “Are you ready to do the work?”
Answer – Sheila asked the children if they were ready to do the work.
Join the following sentences in any way you like.
1. The communal violence flared up. The government deployed more police.
Ans1. …… Since communal violence flared up, the government deployed more police.
OR
After the flare up of communal violence, the government deployed more police.
OR
The government deployed more police to control the flare-up of communal violence.
OR
The flare-up of communal violence made the government deploy more police.
OR
Consequent upon the flaring up of communal violence, the government deployed more police.
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2. The flood affected the people nearby people bitterly. The old clothes were donated to those who had nothing to wear.
Ans 2…..The old clothes were donated to the flood-affected people who had nothing to wear.
OR
The flood-affected people had nothing to wear and the old clothes were donated to them.
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3. I had bought a tyre for my cycle last moth. The wear and tear on it worried me.
Ans 3… The wear and tear of the cycle tyre that I had bought just a month ago worried me.
OR
I was worried to see the wear and tear of my cycle’s tyre that was bought just a month ago.
OR
The wear and tear of my cycle’s tyre left me worried because I had bought it just a month ago.
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4. The Dhenkanal hospital lacked the facilities to treat the patient. He was shifted to AIIMS, Bhubaneshwar.
Ans4….. Since the Dhenkanal hospital lacked the facilities to treat the patient. he was shifted AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.
OR
The patient had to be shifted to AIIMS, Bhubaneswar as the hospital at Dhenkanal lacked facilities to treat him.
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Quite helpful and effective for learners like me who is trying to improve their English. Thank you so much! 🙏
Great work 👏 These are perfect examples of how to combine short sentences into more complex and sophisticated ones. Thank you sir 😊