Q: Correct the following the sentences.

1) My boss agreed with my plan.

2) If he was here, he would be as wise as he was during the war.

3) We have amusements in the form of music.

4) You get hungry for all the work you have to do.

5) We are glad for being there.

6) I prefer the fifth act of Shakespeare King Lear the best of all.

7) After finishing my lecture, the bell rang.

8) We needed not to be afraid.



Q: Change the narration from direct to indirect or indirect to direct speech.

1) " If I had spoken to my father as you speak to me he'd have beaten me," he said to me.

2) "How far is it"? I said,"and how long will it take me to get there"?

3) "Do you know any body in this area or could you get a reference from your landlady"? he asked me.

4) She told me to look where I was going as the road was full of holes and very badly lit.

5) He wanted to know if I was going to the correct and suggest that we should make up a party and go together.

6) He said, "I mustn't mind if the first one wasn't any good".

7) "What a nuisance! Now I'll have to do it all over again", he exclaimed.

8) "I must go to the dentist tomorrow", he said, "I have an appointment".

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1) He said to me that if he had spoken to his father as I spoke to him, his father would have beaten him.

2) I asked how far it was and how long it would take me to go there.

3) He asked me whether I knew any body in the/that area or I could get a reference from my landlady.

4) She said to me, "Look where are you going, the road is full of holes and very badly lit."

5) He said, "Are you going to concert? Let us make up a party and go together."

6) He said, "You must not mind if the first one is not any good."

7) He exclaimed with annoyance/irritation/disgust that he would have to do it all over again.

8) He said that he must go to the dentist the next day, as he had an appointment.

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People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

1) My boss agreed to my plan.

(because "agree with" is come only when there is agreement between person-person

and when we are talking person-person's idea then "to" will come.

1) My boss agreed with my plan.

2) If he was here, he would be as wise as he was during the war.

if he was here, he would be as wise as he had been during the war.

3) We have amusements in the form of music.

We have amusement in the form of music.

4) You get hungry for all the work you have to do.

You get hungry due to all the work you have to do.

5) We are glad for being there.

We are glad of being there.

6) I prefer the fifth act of Shakespeare King Lear the best of all.
I consider the fifth act of Shakespeare "King Lear" the best of all.

(Because prefer is used when we compare only two things)

7) After finishing my lecture, the bell rang.
After i had finished my lecture, the bell rang.

8) We needed not to be afraid.

We didn't need to be afraid.

Correct if i committed any mistake.

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The faults of one man Nature can reprieve,
But groups for crimes no pardon can receive.

5) We are glad for being there.

We are glad of being there.

i think it would be as :
EITHER:
we were glad for being there.
OR:
we are glad for being here.
p.s
if i am wrong please explain with reason.