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j. Intelligence must be honoured, …………………..?
3.3. Study the following pair of sentences and write ‘d’ for direct and
‘r’ for reported speech.
a. The trainees said, “Alas! The instructor is dead.”
The trainees exclaimed with grief that the
instructor was dead.
b. The players shouted, “Hurrah! The trophy comes
to us.”
The players exclaimed with joy that the trophy
came to them.
c. The actress said to the director, “What a long script!”
The actress exclaimed with surprise that the
story was very long.
d. The girl said, “Wow! The dress is amazing.”
The girl exclaimed with surprise that the dress
was amazing.
e. The boy said, “Ouch! It hurt.”
The boy exclaimed with pain that it had hurt.
f. The workers said, “Yes! We are going on a picnic.”
The workers exclaimed with happiness that they were going
on a picnic.
3.4. Transform the following sentences into reported speech.
a. The visitor said, “What an exotic scene!”
b. The principal said, “Well done pupils! You have
made us proud.”
c. The architect said, “Sorry! The building collapsed.”
d. The doctor said, “Sorry! None of my efforts really
worked.”
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