Reported Speech

Nancy said, “I may leave tomorrow.”

• Nancy said that she might leave the next day.

• Nancy said that she might leave tomorrow.

• Nancy asked if she should leave the next day.

• Nancy informed me to leave tomorrow.

Keshav said, “Rita is busy right now.”

• Keshav said Rita was busy.

• Keshav informed that Rita was busy then.

• Keshav said Rita had been busy.

• Keshav informed that Rita is busy.

The teacher said, “You are suspended!.”

• The teacher exclaimed that I am suspended.

• the teacher exclaimed to me to suspend.

• The teacher informed me that I was suspended.

• The teacher exclaimed that I was suspended.

He said, “I have been a great mentor.”

• He said that he had been a great mentor.

• He said that he was a great mentor.

• He exclaimed that he was a great mentor.

• He said that he has been a great mentor.

The teacher told the students, "Listen to me attentively."

(a)  

The student said, “Alas! I wasted my time last year.”

• The student said that he wasted his time the previous year.

• The student regretted that he had wasted his time the previous year

• The student regretted that he had wasted his time the last year

Anwar said “I hope I do well these annual exams”

(a)  

Interviewer: So, why do you want to be a computer programmer?

Ravi: Well, I have always been interested in computers.

Interviewer: I see. Do you have any experience?

Ravi: No, but I’m a fast learner.

Interviewer: What kind of a computer do you use?

Ravi: Computer? Uhm, let me see. I can use a Mac. I also used Windows 10 once.

Interviewer: That’s good.

Ravi recently attended an interview for the selection of a computer programmer. At the interview, he was asked

(a) ……………………….. To this question he replied that he wanted to change his job because (b) ……………………….. When the interviewer asked him (e) ………………………. he replied that he (d) ……………………….. Finally, the interviewer wanted to know (e) ………………………. . Ravi replied that he could use a Mac and had also used Windows 10 once in the,.past. The interviewer seemed to be pleased with his answers.

• (a) why she wants to be a computer programmer

  (b) he has always been uninterested in computers

  (c) whether he had any experience

  (d) didn’t but that she was a fast learner

  (e) the kind of computer she used

• (a) why he wanted to be a computer programmer

  (b) he had always been interested in computers

  (c) whether he had any experience

  (d) didn’t but that he was a fast learner

  (e) the kind of computer he used

The guard asked, “Who are you?”

• The guard asked who he was.

• The guard asked me who he was.

• The guard asks me who he was.

• The guard asked who I was.

The teacher said, “The wind is a renewable energy source.”

(a)