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Question

2007


Change the narration from direct to indirect or indirect to direct speech

1) "this world", “he declared” is full of sorrow. Would that I were dead!”
He declared that this world is full of sorrow and wished that he had been dead.

2) he said to me, “come early; we shall be waiting for you.”
He bind me to come early as they would be waiting for me.

3) "how delighted I am", said he, "to meet my friends here by my own fireside!"
He exclaimed with joy that he was delighted to meet his friends there by his own fireside!

4) The man said that he was quite sure he should succeed.
The man said,''I am quite sure that i shall succeed.''

5) John exclaimed with a sigh that he was ruined.
John said, "Ah! I am ruined.''

6) The constable enquired of the man where he was going.
The constable said to the man, "Where are you going?"

7) The boy said that he would walk.
The boy said, "I will walk."

8) "what losses", cried he, “have I suffered? What anguish have I endured!”
He exclaimed with grief that he had suffered great losses and that he had endured great anguish.
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