PLz Check: Direct/Indirect Practice from past papers - Page 13

mariashamshad · #**121** Tuesday, February 19, 2013

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Originally Posted by Rumiena

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Can the above sentence be changed like this?

People said, "If only the Quaid e Azam were alive to see our fate".

Nhi dear "if only" tu bilkul nhi asakta... It's about wish.

Farhan Aziz Tarar · #**122** Tuesday, February 19, 2013

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Originally Posted by Afshan Choudary

in this narration u made reported speech in passive form... i am ambiguous about it...

well i made following narrations. Plz have look and mark mistakes...

2003

(1) "This is your house, isn't it?" asked Jcmmic.
Jcmmick inquired me whether this is my house.

(2) "Where do you want to be dropped?" said the taxi driver.
The taxi driver asked me where I wanted to be dropped.

(3) "Call the first witness," said the judge.
The judge ordered to call the first witness.

(4) "Don't blame him for the accident," the boy's mother said.
The boy's mother said not to blame him for the accident.

(5) He said, "I banged on Cliffs door but he did not answer".
He said that he had banged on cliffs door but he did not answer.

(6) "Where is the boat? Hurry up we are being chased", she cried.
He asked where the boat was and commands them to get hurry as they were being chased.

(7) "I have lost my way. Can you direct me to the Post Office please?" said the old lady.
The old lady requested to take her to the post office as she had lost her way.

(8) He said to me, "what a pity you missed such an important meeting.
He regretfully said that I had missed a very important meeting.

(9) "How wonderful! Why didn't you suggest this plan earlier".
He exclaimed with joy why I had not informed him about this plan earlier.

(10) He said, "Let's wait till the road gets cleared".
He suggested us to wait until the roads got cleared.

2003.
(4) The boy's mother forbade to blame him for the accident.

Farhan Aziz Tarar · #**123** Tuesday, February 19, 2013

2003
(5)%. "He said that he had banged on cliffs door but he had not answered"

Farhan Aziz Tarar · #**124** Tuesday, February 19, 2013

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7) "I have lost my way. Can you direct me to the Post Office please?" said the old lady.

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The old lady requested that she had lost her way, if i could direct her to the post office.

The old lady requested me to direct her to the Post Office as she had lost her way

mariashamshad · #**125** Tuesday, February 19, 2013

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Originally Posted by Farhan Aziz Tarar

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The old lady requested me to direct her to the Post Office as she had lost her way

The old lady said that she had lost her way and requested me if I could direct her to the post office .

Waqas77 · #**126** Tuesday, February 19, 2013

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Originally Posted by Farhan Aziz Tarar

2003
(5)%. "He said that he had banged on cliffs door but he had not answered"

Dear,
Remove the second had not , the reason is that as per rule we can only convert the first one into past perfect and not the rest.

Afshan Choudary · #**127** Tuesday, February 19, 2013

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Originally Posted by seher bano

These kind of sentences are called operative sentence. A pray, wish, desire is usually found in operative sentences.

Example:
1. He said, "Would that Pakistan had won the match!"

How to change it in indirect form....see

He wished that Pakistan had won the match.

Now indirect to direct...

Kashif wished that his father had been alive to help him.

Kashif said, "Would that my father was(informal)/were(formal) alive to help me."

so Would that is a rule for Wish...

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Originally Posted by mariashamshad

Because would that is used for " wish".And would that is followed by "was"or "were".

thanks dear...

seher bano · #**128** Thursday, February 21, 2013

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Originally Posted by mariashamshad

He asked his friends to allowed him to go home then.

He asked his friends to be allowed to go home then.

You may find this sentence in Saadat...

isha saeed · #**129** Thursday, February 21, 2013

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Originally Posted by seher bano

He asked his friends to be allowed to go home then.

You may find this sentence in Saadat...

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hasnain zafar · #**130** Tuesday, September 30, 2014

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Originally Posted by Afshan Choudary

2005

1). Our sociology professor said , ‘I expect you to be in class every day. Unexcused absences may affect your grades.’
Our sociology professor expected us to be in class every day and warned unexcused absences might affect our graders.

2). My father often told me , ‘every obstacle is a steppingstone to success. You should view problems in your life as opportunities to prove yourself.’
My father advised me that every obstacle is a steppingstone to success and I should view problems in my life as opportunities to prove myself.

3). When tom asked Jack why he could’nt go to the game, Jack said he didn’t have enough money for a ticket.
Tom said to Jack, “Why you cannot go to game?” Jack replied, “I don’t have enough money for ticket”.

4). When I asked the ticked seller if the concert was going to be rescheduled, she told me that she didn’t know and said that she just worked there.
I said to the ticket seller, “Is the concert going to be rescheduled?” ,“I don’t know, I just work here”, said the ticket seller.

5). Ali said, ‘I must go to Lahore next week to visit my ailing mother.’
Ali said that he had to go to Lahore the following week to visit his ailing mother.

6). The policeman told the pedestrian, ‘you mustn’t cross the road against the red light’
The policeman warned the pedestrian to cross the road against the red light.

7). Ahmed asked if what I said was really true.
Ahmad said, “Is what you say really true?”

8). Sarah wanted to know where they would be tomorrow around three O’clock.
Sara asked, “Where will we be tomorrow around three O’clock?”

My father often told me," Every obstacle is a stepping-stone to success. You should view problems in your life as opportunities to prove yourself".
My father often told me that every obstacle is a stepping-stone to success and further, advised me to view problems in my life as opportunities to prove myself.
Here the first part of the Direct statement is a universal statement, so should be written as it was. And the second part is advice i.e including should; so it should be written with advised. It's my opinion.

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