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Change of time impressions

Direct speech Indirect speech

now then / at that time

tonight that night

today that day

yesterday the day before / the previous day

last night the night before / the previous night
tomorrow the following day

this week that week

last week/ month/year the previous week/month/year

next week/ month/year the following week/month/year

five minutes ago five minutes before

in two hours time two hours later

Change these sentences into the indirect speech.

1. He said, ‘I like this house.’
2. Sagar said, ‘It rained last night.’

3. ‘I met him five years ago,’ said Tara.

4. My mother said to me, ‘I am not feeling well today.’

5. Rajesh said, ‘I don’t like soft drinks because they are bad for health.’

6. The doctor said, ‘I can’t attend to this patient because this is a case of an accident and I need
to call the police.’
7. Divya said, ‘Thank you, Papa, for the books that you gave me on my birthday.’

8. The old man said, ‘It is hunger that makes our food seem tasty, whether we are young or old,

rich or poor.’

Time to learn new words

You have learnt that a simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the

word like or as. For example,
• The carriage was dragged like a temple chariot during a festival.

• Opening the box, he lifted the bow effortlessly, as if it were a garland of flowers.

• The mighty bow snapped with a crash like a clap of thunder.

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