Worksheet Direct and indirect speech Imperative sentences

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 Direct and Indirect Speech

(Request and commands)

Ex. 1. 
Change the following sentences into the indirect speech.

1.  The manager requested the audience, "Please keep silence."

2. The old man advised Hari, "Respect your parents and follow their advice." 

3. The gardener warned the children, 
"Don't touch plants and pluck flowers." 

4.  The policeman told the people, "Keep to your left."

5. The manager told the customers, "Don't wait here without any work." 

6.The doctor advised the patient,  "Be punctual in your eating habits." 

7. Ram said, "Sita, sit down."

8. Gopal said to Sanjay," Please, help me to write this letter."

9. Ajay said, "Ramesh, please don't remain absent at the meal."

10. The teacher said to him, "Don't be late again."

Ex. 2. 
Report the following into indirect speech, using the verb given in the brackets as the reporting verb:

1. He said to me. "Don't play with fire." (warn)

2. The teacher said to him, "Please, go to the next class and call your brother." (request)

3. He said, "Children, be quiet and listen to what I say." (urge)


4. She said to me. "Stop talking to him." (advise)

5. She said to me, "Come tomorrow evening to collect your bill." (tell)

6. The doctor said to her, "Don't neglect your health." (warn)

7. The captain said to the troops, "Open fire at once." (order)

8. I said to him, "Please leave me alone." (request)

9. Mother said to her daughter, "Don't forget to take the railway pass with you."(reminded)

10. The captain told his crew, " Don't desert the ship till I order you."(ordered)

Answers 

1. The manager requested the audience, "Please keep silence."
Ans.
The manager requested the audience to keep silence.

2. The old man advised Hari, "Respect your parents and follow their advice." 
Ans.
The old man advised Hari to respect his parents and follow their advice.

3. The gardener warned the children, 
"Don't touch plants and pluck flowers." 
Ans.
The gardener warned the children not to touch plants and pluck flowers.

4. The policeman told the people, "Keep to your left."
Ans.
The policeman told the people to keep to their left.

5. The manager told the customers, "Don't wait here without any work." 
Ans.
The manager told the customers not to wait there without any work. 

6.The doctor advised the patient, "Be punctual in your eating habits." 
Ans.
The doctor advised the patient to be punctual in his /her eating habits.

7. Ram said, "Sita, sit down."
Ams.
Ram asked Sita to sit down.

8. Gopal said to Sanjay," Please, help me to write this letter."
Ans.
Gopal requested Sanjay to help him to write that letter.

9. Ajay said, "Ramesh, please don't remain absent at the meal."
Ans.
Ajay requested Ramesh not to remain absent at the meal."

10. The teacher said to him, "Don't be late again."
Ans.
The teacher asked/warned him not to be late again.

Q. 2

He said to me. "Don't play with fire." (warn)
Ans.
He warned me not to play with fire.

2. The teacher said to him, "Please, go to the next class and call your brother." (request)
Ans.
The teacher requested him to go to the next class and call his brother.

3. He said, "Children, be quiet and listen to what I say." (urge)
Ans.
He urged Children to be quiet and listen to what he said. 

4. She said to me. "Stop talking to him." (advise)
Ans.
She advised me to stop talking to him.

5. She said to me, "Come tomorrow evening to collect your bill." (tell)
Ans.
She told me to come the next evening to collect my bill.

6. The doctor said to her, "Don't neglect your health." (warn)
Ans.
The doctor warned her not to neglect her health.

7. The captain said to the troops, "Open fire at once." (order)
Ans.
The captain ordered the troops to pen fire at once.
8. I said to him, "Please leave me alone." (request)
Ans.
I requested him to leave me alone.

9. Mother said to her daughter, "Don't forget to take the railway pass with you."(reminded)
Ans.
Mother reminded her daughter not to forget to take the railway pass with her.

10. The captain told his crew, " Don't desert the ship till I order you."(ordered)
Ans.
The captain ordered his crew not to desert the ship till he ordered them.

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