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2.  Rhea: I like my doll.

                   Rhea told                        that                     liked                    doll.

                 3.  Revathi: My father is a Tamilian.

                   Revathi told me that                         father is a Tamilian.

                 4.  Jayant: I work in a factory.


                   Jayant                                   worked in a factory.

                 5.  Rajni and Lucy: We play basketball.

                   Rajni and Lucy                                         basketball.

                 6.  Jyoti: I will have to borrow your eraser.

                   Jyoti                                                                          .


             C.  Tick the correct indirect version of each statement. Each question has only one
                 correct answer.

                 1.  They said, ‘We’ve lived here for a long time.’

                      i.  They said that they have lived there for a long time.

                      ii.  They said that they lived here for a long time.

                     iii.  They said that they had lived there for a long time.


                 2.  ‘I wake up every morning at six o’clock,’ said Joy.
                      i.  Joy said that he woke up every morning at six o’clock.


                      ii.  Joy said that I woke up every morning at six o’clock.

                     iii.  Joy said that he had to wake up every morning at six o’clock.

                 3.  He asked me: ‘Have you finished reading the novel?’

                      i.  He asked me if had I finished reading the novel.

                      ii.  He asked me if I had finished reading the novel.

                     iii.  He asked me if I finished reading the novel.













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