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My friend wondered..
uEo -E-:
The foreign visitors said, ''What a splendid
studio complex is the Ramoji Film City!" (Direct)
The foreign visitors exclaimed that the
ii) Akhila said to Bhavani, "Is Mr. Narender on Note that when 'do' and Ramoji Film City is a very splendid studio
--Tx- leave?". (Direct) 'does' are used as auxiliary complex.
= Akhila enquired Bhavani whether Mr. verbs in direct speech, they Euu B- \ verb 'is'.
Reporting Questions Narender was on leave. (Indirect) are omitted in indirect J-- v 'was'
iii) My friend said, ''Shall we ever forget the speech.
A) 'Yes' or 'No' Questions:
a-a.
comedian MS Narayana?" (Direct) Eg: i) A to B: ''Where does the
When we talk, we also report 'yes' or 'no' teacher live?" Questions for Practice
= My friend wondered whether we would
questions and information questions as well.
We shall now discuss how to report information
ever forget the comedian MS Narayana. = A asked B where the -.- --- 1. The referee said to the players, "Don't
(Indirect) teacher lived. cross the line".
questions. When a 'yes' or 'no' question is ii) Doctor to patient, ''Do you eat meat?" 2. The constable said to the motorist, "Show
reported the indirect or reported clause is intro- B) Reporting Information Questions: = The doctor asked the patient if/ whether me your driving license."
duced either by the word 'if' or 'whether'.
When an information (or Wh-) question is (s)he ate meat. 3. "Would you have a cup of coffee, please?"
Eg: i) Husband to wife, ''Are you ready?"
reported, the indirect clause begins with a wh- 4. The boy said to the teacher, "May I come in,
(Direct)
word. No conjunction is used.
Reporting Exclamations sir?"
= The husband asked his wife if she was
In the direct speech the verb is placed before Some words in conversation may be left 5. "Form queue immediately", said the com-
ready. (Indirect) out, or expressed in other ways in reporting.
the subject. mander to his men.
ii) Uday said to his father, "Have you paid Exclamations and question-tags, for example
In the indirect speech the verb is placed after 6. The dentist said to the woman, "Brush your
the fees?" (Direct) cannot be fitted into reported speech. The
the subject. teeth twice a day".
= Uday asked his father whether he had reporting verbs used in exclamatory sentences
In the direct speech a question mark is 7. The beggar asked the devotees, "Give me
paid the fees (Indirect). are exclaim wonder remark wish. something to eat, please!"
placed at the end of the sentence.
We see in the above sentences that the 8. "Close the door, please," said the girl.
In the indirect speech a full stop is placed at Study the following examples:
(auxiliary) verb which is placed before the sub-
the end.
ject in direct speech is put after the subject in Direct Speech Indirect Speech
indirect speech. When a question is reported, Eg: i) The teacher said to Shabariram, ''What
1. My neighbour said, ''Alas! My grandfather My neighbour exclaimed sorrowfully that his
the indirect clause begins with 'if' or 'whether' are you doing"
is dead". grandfather was dead.
and if there is any auxiliary verb, it is placed = The teacher asked Shabariram what he
after the subject. was doing. 2. She said, ''May the old man recover soon!" She prayed that the old man might recover soon.
The reporting verbs used in questions other ii) The doctor said to the patient, ''When did you 3. The tourist said, ''How beautiful the park The tourist exclaimed that the park was very
come here?" is!" beautiful.
than ask are enquire, wonder, want to know.
Eg: i) Pothanna said to Vineeth, "Can you = The doctor wanted to know when the 4. Harshini said to her teacher, 'Good Harshini wished her teacher good morning.
swim?" (Direct) patient had come there. (OR) morning sir!"
= Pothanna wanted to know if Vineeth The doctor asked the patient when he/ she had 5. The audience said to the girl, ''Hats off! The audience applauded the girl saying that she
could swim. (Indirect) come there. You have danced well. had danced well.