[QUOTE]high time
late, past due, about time
It's high time you got a job

high time
the latest possible moment;
"it is high time you went to work"



3rd form of the verb is used (went,got)
and "that", "to" etc. are not used[/QUOTE]

2nd form of the verb is used.....Rite?????cos 3rd form of 'go' is 'gone' not 'went'....?

[QUOTE](6) It is high time they mend this road.

It is high time they mended this road.[/QUOTE]


Brother,Pls clarify it further...cos em still confused.

[quote=Kamran5011]2nd form of the verb is used.....Rite?????cos 3rd form of 'go' is 'gone' not 'went'....?
[/quote]

[I]Zabaan-e-yaar-e-man Turki wa man Turki nami danam[/I]

:)) Pardon me for my grammar Kamran. That was really a silly mistake.

[QUOTE]Brother,Pls clarify it further...cos em still confused.[/QUOTE]

Well I have tried to find some good reason for it over the internet but unfortunately could not find one. All I can say is that I have been reading in many texts and listening as well, the thing is same as I have mentioned, they do not use "that" or "to" etc and use the 2nd form of the verb. Exceptions do exist but they are only in spoken or in informal texts like novels or comics etc where they may or may not use "that" or "to" etc

However try to google the query ("high time" english usage)
and go through the first few results I hope you'll get the idea

Let Solve this exercise
 

Let Solve these reported speech

1. 'Switch off the TV,' he said to her.
'Congratulations!' I said, 'and good luck with the second.'
2. 'Could you shut the door, Tom?' she said.
3.- 'All right, I'll wait a week,' she said. (Omit all right)
4. 'Would you mind lending me your pen for a moment? I
5.- 'Many happy returns of your birthday!' we said.
said to Mary.
6.- 'You door is the shabbiest in the street,' said the
7. 'Don't watch late-night horror movies,' I warned them.
neighbour. 'It is,' I said.
8. 'Don't believe everything you hear,' he warned me.
9.- 'Cigarette?' - 'Thanks,' I said.
10. 'Don't hurry,' I said.
11.- 'I'll sell the TV set if you keep quarrelling about the
12. 'You shouldn't touch that switch, Mary,' I said.
programme,' said the mother. 'No, don't do that! We won't
13. 'Open the safe!' the raiders ordered the bank clerk.
quarrel any more,' said the children.
14. 'Remember to write to your mother,' I said to them.
15.- 'I'll give you £500 to keep your mouth shut,' he said to
16. 'Please, please, don't tell my father,' she said to me.
me.
17. 'Why don't you go by train? It's much less tiring than
18.- 'I'll wait for you, I promise,' he said to me.
driving,' I said.
19.- 'I'm sorry I'm late,' she said. 'The bus broke down.
20. 'Don't go near the water, children,' she said.
21.- 'You've been leaking information to the Press!, said his
22. 'Would you like to come in?' he said to us.
colleagues. 'No, I haven't,' he said. 'Liar!' said Tom. 25.- I'll
23. 'Would you take the children to school for me?' she said
drop you from the team if you don't train harder,' said the
to her husband.
captain.l
24. 'Would you move your car, please?, she said.
25.- 'If the boys do anything clever, you call them your
26. 'Run!' the general ordered the soldiers.
sons,' complained his wife. 'But if they do anything stupid,
27. 'Don't forget your sandwiches,' said his mother.
you call them mine.'
28. 'Please don't drink any more,' said his wife.'Don't forget
29.- 'Let's have a rest,' said Tom. 'Yes, let's,' said Ann.
that we have to drive home.'
30.- 'Ugh! There's a slug in my lettuce. Waiter!' he cried.
31. 'You oughtn't to spend so much money on unimportant
things,' he said to his wife.
32. 'You'd better begin your homework now,' I told him.
33. 'Go and get me a paper, and come straight back,' he
said to me.
34. 'Will you help me, please?' she said. 'I can't reach the
top shelf.'
35. 'If I were you I'd try to get a room on the top floor,' he
said.
36.- 'Your weight's gone up a lot!' I exclaimed. 'I'm afraid it
has,' she said sadly.
37.- 'Hurrah! I've passed the first exam!' he exclaimed.


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Faisal Ahmed

Any body is there to solve above exercise
 

I requested to Dear Mohsin , Chaudary Sahab, Kamran n Dr. Atif Rana to pay heed to this exercise. It will help those who r appearing in c-e 2009 exam. Therefore, kindly take pain for css- aspirants.
rgds
Faisal Ahmed

Assalam-u-Alaikum
[B]@ Faisalmemon[/B]

Please have a look at your posted direct/indirect sentences, i think there are some errors in your numbering or not correctly typed.
like [quote]4. 'Would you mind lending me your pen for a moment? I
5.- 'Many happy returns of your birthday!' we said.
said to Mary.
7. 'Don't watch late-night horror movies,' I warned them.
neighbour. 'It is,' I said.
12. 'You shouldn't touch that switch, Mary,' I said.
programme,' said the mother. 'No, don't do that! We won't
13. 'Open the safe!' the raiders ordered the bank clerk.
quarrel any more,' said the children.
15.- 'I'll give you £500 to keep your mouth shut,' he said to[/quote]
And many other...

@Faisal Memon

I have made an attempt in answering some of the questions posed in the "reported speech" exercise. However, I earnestly welcome any corrections and comments concerning my answers.

1. He told her to switch off the TV.
2.
3. She said that she would wait for a week.
4.
5.
6.
7. I had warned them not to watch late-night horror movies.
8. The neighbour said that my door was the shabbiest in the street to which I had agreed.
9. He had warned me not to believe everything I heard.
10.
11. The mother said that she would have sold the TV if the children had kept quarrelling about the programme. The children said not to do that since they would not quarrel anymore.
12. I said to Mary that she should not touch that switch.
13. The raiders ordered the bank clerk to open the safe.
14. I reminded them to write to their mother.
15. He said to me that we would give me $500 to keep my mouth shut.
16. She requested me not to tell my father.
17.
18. He promised me that he would wait for me.
19. She said that she was sorry for being late because the bus had broken down.
20. She said to the children not to go near the water.
21. His colleagues accused him of having leaked information to the Press. He said that he had not. Tom loudly called him a liar.
22. He asked us to come in.
23. She asked her husband to take the children to school for her.
24. She requested me to move my car.
25.
26. The general ordered the soldiers to run.
27. His mother reminded him not to forget his sandwiches.
28 - 33.
34. She requested for my help. She could not reach the top floor.
35 - 37.

@ W.kum Salaam chaudary Sahab.

[quote=Chauhdary12]Assalam-u-Alaikum
[B]@ Faisalmemon[/B]

Please have a look at your posted direct/indirect sentences, i think there are some errors in your numbering or not correctly typed.
like
And many other...[/quote]
yes dear u r 100 percent right. some narration r incomplete. Dear infact, I got these reported speech from website. I agree with u.

2. [URL="http://72.14.235.132/search?q=cache:d8_qm5mMZ2sJ:www.sabuco.com/ingles/eloy/1bach/reported.pdf+%22he+offered+to+bring+me+some+tea%22"]http://72.14.235.132/search?q=cache:d8_qm5mMZ2sJ:www.sabuco.com/ingles/eloy/1bach/reported.pdf+%22he+offered+to+bring+me+some+tea%22[/URL] &cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=pk
[URL="http://www.cssforum.com.pk/css-compulsory-subjects/english-precis-composition/grammar-section/22288-lets-correct-incorrect-sentences-past-papers-6.html"]http://www.cssforum.com.pk/css-compulsory-subjects/english-precis-composition/grammar-section/22288-lets-correct-incorrect-sentences-past-papers-6.html[/URL]

rgds
Faisal Ahmed

[quote=cawais]@Faisal Memon

I have made an attempt in answering some of the questions posed in the "reported speech" exercise. However, I earnestly welcome any corrections and comments concerning my answers.

1. He told her to switch off the TV.
2.
3. She said that she would wait for a week.
4.
5.
6.
7. I had warned them not to watch late-night horror movies.
8. The neighbour said that my door was the shabbiest in the street to which I had agreed.
9. He had warned me not to believe everything I heard.
10.
11. The mother said that she would have sold the TV if the children had kept quarrelling about the programme. The children said not to do that since they would not quarrel anymore.
12. I said to Mary that she should not touch that switch.
13. The raiders ordered the bank clerk to open the safe.
14. I reminded them to write to their mother.
15. He said to me that we would give me $500 to keep my mouth shut.
16. She requested me not to tell my father.
17.
18. He promised me that he would wait for me.
19. She said that she was sorry for being late because the bus had broken down.
20. She said to the children not to go near the water.
21. His colleagues accused him of having leaked information to the Press. He said that he had not. Tom loudly called him a liar.
22. He asked us to come in.
23. She asked her husband to take the children to school for her.
24. She requested me to move my car.
25.
26. The general ordered the soldiers to run.
27. His mother reminded him not to forget his sandwiches.
28 - 33.
34. She requested for my help. She could not reach the top floor.
35 - 37.[/quote]
@ dear Cawais
I really appreciated ur efforts for taking pain for css aspirants. Dear infact, I will lay down ink after couple of week owing busy routine. Nevertheless, the most respected members of this forum r here to comment n modify the corrections.
rgds
Faisal Ahmed

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please check what u have attempted
 

He swore from God.

He swore to God.

Is your dress different than mine?

Is your dress different than my dress.

I shall not come here unless you will not call me.

I shall not come here unless you call me.

They have been building a wall since three days.

They have been building the waal for three days.

He does not have some devtion to his studies.

He does not have any devotion to his studies.


Please check:onesec

Correct the following.

2. He spoke these words upon his face.

Waiting for your answers