1. Rewrite the
following in the reported speech.
“When
will you start for Dhaka and why?” said father. “Tomorrow, to buy some
essential books,” said Ratna. “What do you require? Only money?” Yes, father.”
“Don’t go alone. Now time is not going well. Take Tapan with you and come back
soon.” “Yes, father. We will come back before noon.”
2.
Read the following passage and transform the
underlined sentences as directed.
(a) Nazneen is a girl of very shy nature (Complex). (b)
She cannot talk to her parents for their business (Compound). (c) She cannot
visit her friends because there is want of safety (Simple). (d) To her there is
no problem as serious as loneliness (Comparative). (e) She is not very often
seen outside home (Affirmative).
3.
Rewrite the following in the reported speech.
“What’s
a puppet show?” Sabu asked his Father said, “Let’s go inside and you can see
for yourself.” Inside the tent Sabu said, “ How strange! A doll is dancing and
talking!” Father said, “A man behind the screen is moving the doll. Do you understand
who is talking?”
4. Read the
following passage and transform the underlined sentences as directed in
brackets.
Jim
Corbet was a famous hunter. (a) Jim had a habit of mimicking the sound of
different animals and birds (Make it complex). (b) When the animals heard the
sound of their own species, he shot it at once (Simple). (c) An Indian hunter
told that Jim Corbet had a tendency to show such kind of behaviour (Compound).
(d) He visited many dangerous forests for hunting (Passive). (e) He was one of the
most important hunters in the world (Positive).
5.
Rewrite the following passage in the reported speech.
“Why
are you putting up the food in your pocket, sir? Why don’t you eat?” asked the
noble man. “I am doing the right thing. My dress deserves these rich disches,”
replied Sheikh Saadi. “I don’t understand what you mean to say,” said the noble
man. “And I’m sorry.”
6.
Read the following passage in the reported speech.
(a)
Learning a language is similar to riding a bicycle (Negative). (b)
Communication is the most important thing about any language (Comparative). (c)
One can communicate with others by using a language (Complex). (d) Certainly
one can learn a language through mistakes (Passive). (e) People should not
laugh when other make mistakes (Simple).
Answer:
1. Changing the
form of speech
Father
asked Ratna when and why he (R) would start for Dhaka. Ratna replied that he
(R) would start for Dhaka the following day to buy some essential books. Then
father asked him which things he (R) needed and also asked if it was only
money. Ratna replied in the affirmative. Hearing his reply father forbade him
to go alone because time was not going well then. He (f) advised him (R) to
take Tapan with him (R) and come back soon. Ratna agreed and said that they
would come back before noon.
2. Transformation
of sentences
a)
It is Nazneen who
is a girl of very shy nature.
Or,
Nazneen is a girl who is very shy in nature.
b)
Her parents are
busy and so she cannot talk to them.
c)
She cannot visit
her friends for want of her safety.
d)
Loneliness is
more serious than any another problem to her.
e)
She is very often
confined inside home.
3. Changing the
form of speech
Sabu
asked his father what a puppet show was. Father proposed to Sabu that they
should go inside and told him that he could see for himself. Inside the Sabu
exclaimed with wonder that it was very strange that a doll was dancing and
talking. Father said that a man behind the screen was moving the doll. Father
asked Sabu if he understood who was talking.
4. Transformation
of sentences
a)
It is Jim who had
a habit of mimicking the sound of different animals and birds.
b)
At the time of
the animal’s hearing the sound of their own species, he shot it at once.
c)
Jim Corbet had a
tendency to show such a kind of behaviour and an Indian hunter told this.
d)
Many dangerous
forests were visited by him for hunting.
e)
Very few hunters
in the words were as important as he.
5. Changing the
form of speech
The
noble man respectfully asked Sheikh Saadi why he (s) was putting up the food in
his (s) pocket and again he asked why he did not eat. Sheikh Saadi replied that
he (s) was doing the right thing and added that his (s) dress deserved those
rich dishes. The noble man said that he (n) did not understand what he (s)
meant to say and added that he was sorry.
6. Transformation
of sentences
a)
Learning a
language is not dissimilar to riding a bicycle.
b)
Communication is
more important than any other thing about a language.
c)
One can
communicate with others when one uses a language.
d)
Certainly a
language can be learnt through mistakes.
e)
People should not
laugh at the time of others’ making mistakes.
7.
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