Direct and Indirect Speech Narration Exercise – 7 & 8 (Solved)

Exercise-7

Report the following dialogues in the form of narration:

1.Master: Out of two thousand I owe you, I deduct 500 for not being on duty for a week and another 500 for not doing your duty well.

Servant: Give me my one thousand then?

Master: I deduct 800 more for breaking my crockery and after that you are left with just two hundred.

Servant: Accept that as a small tip from me.

The master told the servant that out of two thousand he owed him, he (a) ……………………………………The servant asked the master (b) ………………………………………..The master continued that (c) ………………………………………………..The servant asked the master to accept that amount as a small tip from him and find out a new servant just then.

2. Policeman: You have crossed the red light. Don’t you know it is a crime? You will be booked and the court will decide your punishment.

 Driver: (brandishing a hundred rupee note) I believe in peaceful co-existence. Can’t we settle the issue between ourselves?

Policeman: What do you think of a Delhi policeman? You value his worth only a hundred rupees. Nothing less than five hundred.

Driver: Have two hundred or give me a receipt.

The policeman told the driver that he had crossed the red light and asked (a) …………………………Brandishing a hundred rupee note the driver told the policeman (b) ………………………..The policeman asked the driver what he thought of a Delhi policeman. He further added that (c) ……………………… The driver asked the policeman to have two hundred and give him a receipt.

Answers:-

1.(a) deducted 500 for not being on duty for a week and another 500 for not doing his duty well

(b) to give him his one thousand then

 (c) he deducted 800 more for breaking his crockery and after that, he was left with just two hundred

2. (a) if he didn’t know that it was a crime and added that he would be booked and the court would decide his punishment

 (b) that he believed in peaceful co-existence and further asked if they could settle the issue between themselves

 (c) he (driver) valued his (policeman’s) worth only a hundred rupees and he (policeman) made it clear that he would not accept less than five hundred

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Exercise-8

Report the following dialogues in the form of narration:

1.Reporter: Sorry to learn the breakup of your engagement. I think marriage and sports can’t go together.

Sania: What can’t be cured must be endured.

Reporter: Of late you are doing not so well. Your ranking has gone down to 90s.

 Sania: I am preparing myself for reorientation.

The reporter felt sorry for the breakup of Sania’s engagement and opined that (a) …………………………………Consoling herself Sania told the reporter that (b) ………………………………………..The reporter told Sania that of late she was doing not so well and reminded her that (c) ……………………………………………..Sania assured the reporter that she was preparing herself for reorientation.

2. Ram: At last, you have decided to go to Kerala. Congratulations, you are going to God’s own country.

 Mohan: They say Kerala is one of the most beautiful places in India. People like its beaches, backwaters and canals.

Ram: Every inch of Kerala is lush green. Kerala has everything that soothes one’s eyes.

 Mohan: Hope you enjoy your holidays in Kerala.

Congratulating Mohan that at last, he had decided to go to Kerala, Ram added (a) ………………………………….Mohan replied that it is said that Kerala is one of the most beautiful places in India and added that (b)……………………………………… Ram told Mohan that every inch of Kerala is lush green and added that (c) ……………………………………………..Mohan hoped that Ram enjoyed his holidays in Kerala.

Answers:-

1.(a) marriage and sports couldn’t go together

(b) what can’t be cured must be endured

(c) her ranking had gone down to 90s

2. (a) that he was going to God’s own country

(b) people like its beaches, backwaters and canals

 (c) Kerala has everything that soothes one’s eyes

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