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♦ ‘I wish we were well out of this wood,’ said my master. (direct speech)

♦ His master said that he wished they were out of that wood. (indirect speech)

• As the actual words of the speaker were spoken in the past, narrating it in the present needs a

change in the tense. For example,
♦ ‘I wish we were well out of this wood,’ said my master. (direct speech)

♦ His master said that he wished they were out of that wood. (indirect speech)

• If demonstrative pronouns and the adverb here are mentioned in direct speech, they will
change in indirect speech. For example,

♦ ‘I wish we were well out of this wood,’ said my master. (direct speech)

♦ His master said that he wished they were out of that wood. (indirect speech)

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentences.

1. The wrestler said, ‘I have won.’

a. The wrestler said that I have won.
b. The wrestler said that he had won.

c. The wrestler said that he has won.

d. The wrestler said that he won.

2. The girl said to the traveller, ‘I will give you a precious jewel.’

a. The girl said to the traveller that she would give him a precious jewel.
b. The girl said to the traveller that she will give him a precious jewel.

c. The girl said to the traveller she will give him a precious jewel.

d. The girl said to the traveller that I would give him a precious jewel.

3. Rajat said, ‘I am very happy to be here this evening.’

a. Rajat said that he was very happy to be there that evening.
b. Rajat said that he was very happy to be here that evening.

c. Rajat said that he was very happy to be there this evening.

d. Rajat said that he is very happy to be there that evening.

4. The miller told the king, ‘My daughter spins gold from straw.’

a. The miller told the king that my daughter spun gold from straw.

b. The miller told the king that his daughter spins gold from straw.
c. The miller told the king that his daughter spun gold from straw.

d. The miller tells the king that my daughter spun gold from straw.

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