Change Direct to Indirect Speech Narration Part-3 of Oxford Grammar by R.k Sinha

Change Direct to Indirect Speech Narration Part-3 of Oxford Grammar by R.k Sinha

How to Change Direct to Indirect Speech Narration Rules 3 and it’s Examples & Exercise Solution.

Narration Changing Rule 3 Direct to Indirect Speech.

यदि Reporting Verb Past Tense ( Said ) रहे । तो Inverted Comma के अंदर प्रयुक्त निकटतम सूचक शब्दों को दूरी सूचक शब्दों मे बदल देते हैं ।

निकटतम सूचक  शब्द                            दूरी सूचक शब्द

This                                                                 That
These                                                            Those
Here                                                              There
Now                                                                Then
Thus                                                                    So
Hence                                                         Thence
This day                                                   That day
Today                                                       That day
a______ ago                                      a_____ before
a______ ago                              the previous_____
Next Month                      The following Month
Last Month                        The previous Month
Next Week/year         The following week/year
Last Week/year           The previous week/year
The day before yesterday        two days before
The day after tomorrow        in two days’ time
Tomorrow       The next day/the following day
Yesterday      The day before/the previous day

Examples of Direct and Indirect Speech

1. She said, ” i am glad to be here this evening. ”
She said that she was glad to be there that evening.

2. He said, ” i am now speaking to this boy. ”
He said that he was then speaking to that boy.

3. He said, ” i will do it tomorrow. ”
He said that he should do it the next day.

4. She said, ” i am starting the day after tomorrow. ”
She said that she was starting in two days’ time.

5. He said, ” it is not so foggy today as it was yesterday. ”
He said that it was not so foggy that day as it had been the day before.

6. ” i saw him the day before yesterday, ” she said.
She said that she had seen him two days before.

7. The girl said to me, ” i shall meet you next month. ”
The girl told me that she would meet me the following month.

8. He said, ” she died a year ago. ”
He said that she had died a year before.

1. Reporting Verb के बाद प्रयुक्त to को हटा देते हैं ।
2. Inverted Comma के स्थान पर that देते हैं ।
3. Tense को Rules 2 की मदद से change करते हैं ।
4. निकटतम सूचक शब्दों को दूरी सूचक शब्दों मे बदल देते हैं

Oxford Current English Grammar Exercise 77 full Solution and Change direct to indirect Speech Correctly.

1. He said, ” i want to stay here this morning. ”
He said that he wanted to stay there that morning.

2. She said, ” These flowers are very beautiful. ”
She said that those flowers were very beautiful.

3. They said to her, ” we shall see you tomorrow. ”
They told her that they would see her the next day.

4. He said, ” i am going away tomorrow. ”
He said that he was going away the next day.

5. She said to me, ” i can’t give you money today. ”
She told me that she couldn’t give me money that day.

6. The boy said to his mother, ” i shall not go to school today. ”
The boy told his mother that he would not go to school that day.

7. He said, ” My mother will come the day after tomorrow. ”
He said that my mother would come in two days’ time.

8. i said, ” i did it yesterday. ”
i said that i had done it the previous day.

9. She said, ” i wrote to him the day before yesterday. ”
She said that she had written to him two days before.

10. The farmer said, ” i bought the hen yesterday and i am going to sell it tomorrow. ”
The farmer said that he had bought the hen the previous day and he was going to sell it the next day.

11. She said to me, ” i couldn’t meet you last night because i was so busy. ”
She told me that she couldn’t meet me the previous night because she had been so busy.

12. She said, ” my husband died a year ago. ”
She said that her husband had died a year before.

13. Sita said to me, ” i tried to do it yesterday but it couldn’t be done because you were absent. ”
She told me that she had tried to do it the day before it couldn’t be done because i had been absent.

14. She said, ” I shall join the office next week. ”
She said that she would join the office the following week.

15. ” i saw a wild animal in the garden yesterday, ” said She.
She said that she had seen a wild animal in the garden the day before.

16. ” i was trying to do it yesterday. ” he said.
He said that he had been trying to do it the day before.

17.”  i am intending to do it tomorrow. ” Said the man.
The man said that he was intending to do it the next day.

18. ”  Yesterday Ram and i went to the river. ” Said he.
He said that Ram and he had gone to the river the day before.

19. He said, ” she arrived yesterday and will go tomorrow. ”
He said that she had arrived the day before and would go the next day.

20. i can’t go there today because i am busy this time but i shall go tomorrow. ” said he.
He said that she couldn’t go there that day because she was busy that time but she would go the next day.

Converting direct speech to indirect speech involves altering the original spoken words to fit into a sentence without quotation marks, often requiring changes in pronouns, verb tenses, and time expressions. According to R.K. Sinha’s “Oxford Current English Grammar”, Part-3 of the section on narration provides specific guidelines for these transformations.

Key Changes from Direct to Indirect Speech:

1. Pronouns: Adjust pronouns to match the perspective of the reporting speaker.
2. Verb Tenses: Shift verb tenses back in time when the reporting verb is in the past tense.
3. Time and Place Indicators: Modify words indicating time and place to reflect the change in context.

Examples:

1. Direct: She said, “I am glad to be here this evening.”

   • Indirect: She said that she was glad to be there that evening.

2. Direct: He said, “I will do it tomorrow.”

   • Indirect: He said that he would do it the next day.

3. Direct: She said, “I am starting the day after tomorrow.”

   • Indirect: She said that she was starting in two days’ time.

Exercises:

To practice these transformations, consider the following direct speech sentences and convert them to indirect speech:

1. He said, “I want to stay here this morning.”
2. She said, “These flowers are very beautiful.”
3. They said to her, “We shall see you tomorrow.”

Note: The solutions to these exercises can be found in Exercise 77 of “Oxford Current English Grammar” by R.K. Sinha.

For a comprehensive understanding and additional practice, you may refer to the detailed explanations and exercises provided in the book.

For a visual walkthrough of these concepts, you might find the following video helpful: