Direct Indirect Narrations sentences 10th class English

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:

Three major changes are done in indirect speech.

  • change of Pronoun
  • change of tense 
  • Change of time and place expression

Change of first person:

First person change according to the Subject of reporting speech. for example;

Direct Indirect Narrations important practice sentences 10th class English
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.

Direct Indirect Narrations important practice sentences 10th class English
Object is missing

Direct Indirect Narrations important practice sentences 10th class English
Object is Given

Change of Third Person:

If third person appears in reported speech it will not change at all. For example;                                                                
Direct Indirect Narrations important practice sentences 10th class English change of third person
Change of Third person


Change of tense:

Tense changes when our reporting speech is in past tense. 

Direct Indirect Narrations important practice sentences 10th class English change of tense
Change of Tense


Change of Time & Place expression:

Direct Indirect Narrations important practice sentences 10th class English change of time and place expression
Change of time and place expression

Assertive Sentences

1.     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 verb

1.     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.

Imperative sentences

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”

Optative Sentences

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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