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• She said to me: ‘Do you want to come with me?’
She asked me if I wanted to go with her.
• The traveller said to the receptionist: ‘Do you have any vacant rooms?’
The traveller enquired of the receptionist whether they had any vacant rooms.
If the interrogative sentence begins with a question word (what, which, who, whom,
why, when, where or how), then that question word is used as the conjunction. For
example,
• Dave asked me: ‘Where did you go last weekend?’
Dave asked me where I had gone the previous weekend.
• Madhu asked the teacher: ‘How cold is Jammu right now?’
Madhu asked the teacher how cold Jammu was at the time.
A. Fill the blanks with the correct tense of the verbs.
1. He said, ‘I’m working in the Park Street Office today.’
He said that he in the Park Street Office .
2. Priya says, ‘Anna lives in London.’
Priya says that Anna in London.
3. She said, ‘I think a new party will win the election.’
She said that she a new party the election.
4. Afroz said, ‘My friend is going to visit us next week.’
Afroz said that his friend them .
5. Anita said, ‘They bought a brand new car!’
Anita said that they a brand new car.
6. She said, ‘They are watching TV at the moment.’
She said that they TV at moment.
B. Fill in the blanks with the correct pronouns in the indirect speech, assuming
that ‘you are the listener’.
1. Dr Suri: Can you see me?
Dr Suri asked me if could see .
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