Direct Indirect Narrations
These are important Direct Indirect Narrations if you practice all these sentences you can get very good marks in your annual papers. These are one hundred sentence to Practice and every year these sentences come in paper.Three important changes:
- change of Pronoun
- change of tense
- Change of time and place expression
Change of first person:
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Change of first Person |
Change of Second Person:
Second person of reported speech change according to the object of the reporting speech. If the object is not given in reporting speech then according to the grammatical case of the second person we can put first or third person similar case in indirect speech.
Object is missing |
Object is GivenChange of Third Person:If third person appears in reported speech it will not change at all. For example; |
Change of Third person |
Change of tense:
Change of Time & Place expression:
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Change of time and place expressionAssertive Sentences1.
She
said “I do not agree with you”. 2.
He
says “I want to speak to you”. 3.
You
will say “she is cranky”. 4.
He
says “I have not heard the latest news about her”. 5.
He
said “I shall explain this to you only if you listen to me with patience.” 6.
The doctor
says “the patient is still in the state of comma”. 7.
He said to me “I was writing a letter.” 8.
She
said to me “you are a lazy boy”. 9.
He
says “she has written me a very encouraging letter.” 10.She said “the patient died in the hospital.” 11. She
said “he rang up at twelve midnight”. 12. They
say “we have done our duty”. 13. They
said “our teacher is on leave.” 14.He
said to me “you are not running fast”. 15. She
said “I shall never do such a thing.” 16. He
says “I want to speak to you”. 17. They
said “we have done our duty”. 18. He
said to her “I live in this building.” 19. She
said “I like clouds in the sky.” 20. She said “they have not eaten their meals”. 21. He
said “I am unwell”. 22. He
said “I am watering the plants in the garden”. 23. He
said “I am not a thief”. 24. She
said “I did not go to school yesterday”. 25. She
says “I hope I am not late.” 26. He
said “I hope you will not repeat this mistake”. 27. He
said “She will go there”. 28. You
have said “they are waiting outside”. 29. Afshan
said “I am sewing mother’s shirt”. 30. He
said “I completed my drawing half an hour ago”. 31.The
teacher said “I have often told you not to play with fire”. 32. My
brother said to me “You have missed the point completely.” 33. She
said “I am doing my home task now”. 34. He
said “I have returned the books”. 35. He
said to the stranger “I do not recognize you”. 36. She
said “The patient had recovered”. 37. She
said “she sang a ghazal last night.” 38.She
said “I am helping my mother in the kitchen”. 39. He
will say “I like to go there”. 40. He said to his father “Naz is suffering from fever”. Interrogative Sentences with helping verb1.
Ali
said to him “was she coming to the meeting?” 2.
He
said “did the boy make a speech?” 3.
The
judge said “have you anything more to say?” 4.
He
said “Do you have any share in this firm?” 5.
He
said “Will you listen to me?” 6.
He said
“Do you agree with me?” 7.
They
said “Have you ever visited Murree hills?” 8.
He
said “Aren’t (are not) you ashamed of yourself?” 9.
I
said to him “Do you take exercise daily?” 10. She
said “Are you going to Lahore today?” 11. Rehana said “Will you stop interfering in my
work?” 12. The
doctor said to the patient “Did you take a bath”? 13. The
mother said “did not I ask you not to go there?” Interrogative Sentences with WH-Question words 14. He
said to me “what are you looking for?” 15. The
boy said “what do you want me to do? 16. He
said to her “when will the result be announced?” 17. The
teacher said “who is the author of this book.” 18. Raza
said “where are you going?” 19. The
pupil said “where have I eased?” 20. The
teacher said “who is next on the list?” 21. He
said “how many chapters have you done already?” 22. She said “where do you live?” she told where he lived. 1.
They
said “why are you weeping”? 2.
The
mother said to her daughter “please tidy up to your room” 3.
She
said to me “please send your camera for a day.” 4.
The
judge said “call the next witness.” 5.
He
said to her “please fetch me a glass of water.” 6.
The
master said to the servant “Go and fetch me a glass of milk”. 7.
The
teacher said “Do not make a noise”. 8.
She
said to me “tell the truth.” 9.
The
doctor said to the patient “Take complete rest and follow my direction”. 10. She
said to me “Do not waste your time in idle talk”. 11. He
said to her sister “please say something.” 12. The
father said to his son” Get up early in the morning”. 13. The
referee said “Quiet please”. (The referee requested to be quiet.) 14. He
said to me “Do not sit in the sun.” 15. He
said to the teacher “please allow me to leave the class.” 16. They
said to the students “obey your parents.” 17. He
said to her sister “do not tell a lie”. 18. He father said to his son “Do not leave that room without my
permission” 1.
She said to her son “May God help you!” 2.
The mother said to her daughter “May God bless
you with a son!” 3.
He
said to her father “May you live long!” 4.
He
said “may you get through the exams!” 5.
She
said “May you prosper!” 6.
He says “may you get scholarship in exams!”. Exclamatory Sentences 1.
He
said “Hurrah! I have won the match.” 2.
He
said “Alas! I am ruined.” 3.
He
said “Alas! We cannot defeat our enemy”. 4.
He
said “how well she sings!” 5.
The
tourist said “How high the mountain is!” 6.
She
said “What a beautiful piece of art! 7.
She
said “how clever you are! Universal Truth 1.
The
teacher said “the earth is round”. The teacher told that the earth is round. 2.
My
mother said “water keeps its level”. 3.
He
said “Union is strength.” 4.
He
said “Diamond cuts diamond”. 5.
The
mother said “Haste makes Waste”. 6.
She
said “Virtue has its own reward.” 7. He said “God helps
those who help themselves”. |
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