Direct and Indirect Speech Examples for Class 9-12
Read the conversation between John and Mary, and fill in the blanks reporting the conversation.
John: Let’s go and have tea somewhere.
Mary: In a minute, dear.
John : Let’s go now.
Mary: I will just take a minute more.
John: Why must you delay?
Mary: What makes you so impatient?
John: There’s nothing but old books in this shop.
Mary: How are you so sure about it?
John and Mary went to a shop. After some time, John proposed (a) …………………….. Mary replied politely (b) John was, however, impatient and said (c) …………………………. Mary said that (d) ………………………… Surprised, Mary asked (e) ………………………………………. John said (f) ………………………………… Mary remarked (g) ……………………………………
John and Mary went to a shop. After some time, John proposed (a) going somewhere for tea. Mary replied politely (b) that she would join him in a minute. John was, however, impatient and said (c) that they should leave. Mary said (d) that she would just take a minute more. John asked why she must delay. Surprised, Mary asked (e) what made him so impatient. John said (f) that there was nothing but old books in the shop. Mary remarked (g) how he was so sure about it.
Here’s the conversation in indirect speech:
John suggested they go and have tea somewhere.
Mary replied politely that she would take a minute.
John insisted on going.
Mary responded that she would just take a minute more.
John questioned why she must delay.
Mary asked what made him so impatient.
John expressed his certainty that there was nothing but old books in the shop.
Mary inquired how he was so sure about it.
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