DIRECT AND INDIRECT NARRATION - INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

(DIRECT AND INDIRECT NARRATION)

1. Change the following sentences into the indirect form of narration.

(i) She said, "Is this your book?"

Indirect Speech: She asked me whether that was my book.

(ii) She said, "Are you going to Lahore today?"

Indirect Speech: She asked me whether I was going to Lahore that day. 

(iii) He said, "Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"

Indirect Speech: He asked me whether I was not ashamed of myself.

(iv) They said, "Have you ever visited Murree Hills?

Indirect Speech: They asked me whether I had ever visited Murree Hills.

(v) The judge said, "Have you anything more to say?"

Indirect Speech: The judge asked him whether he had anything more to say.

(vi) He said, "Do you have any share in this firm?"

Indirect Speech: He asked me whether I had any share in that firm.

(vii) Adnan said, "Had you left Karachi before writing this letter?"

Indirect Speech: Adnan asked me whether I had left Karachi before writing that letter.

(viii) He said, "Will you listen to me?"

Indirect Speech: He asked me whether I would listen to him. 

(ix) Rehana said, "Will you stop interfering my work?"

Indirect Speech: Rehana asked me whether I would stop interfering her work.

(x) The mother said, "Shall we invite Qureshis also?"

Indirect Speech: The mother asked whether they should invite Qureshis also.

(xi) He said to me, "Do you like music?"

Indirect Speech: He asked me whether I liked music.

(xii) He said, "Do you agree with me?"

Indirect Speech: He asked me whether I agreed with him. 

(xiii) I said to him, "Do you take exercise daily?"

Indirect Speech: I asked him whether he took exercise daily. 

(xiv) The teacher said, "Did you do your home task yesterday?"

Indirect Speech: The teacher asked me whether I had done my home task the previous day.

(xv) The mother said, "Didn't I ask you not to go there?"

Indirect Speech: The mother asked me whether she had not asked me not to go there. 

Notes Prepared By: Prof. Shahbaz Asghar

2. Change the following sentences into the indirect form of narration.

(i) He said to me, "What are you looking for?"

Indirect Speech: He asked me what I was looking for. 

(ii) He said, "What do you want me to do?"

Indirect Speech: He asked me what I wanted him to do. 

(iii) The boy said, "What do you want me to do?"

Indirect Speech: The boy asked me what I wanted him to do. 

(iv) She said, "Where do you live?"

Indirect Speech: She asked me where I lived. 

(v) Raza said, "Where are you going?"

Indirect Speech: Raza asked me where I was going. 

(vi) The pupil said, "Where have I eased?"

Indirect Speech: The pupil asked where he had eased.

(vii) The mother said, "How did you fair in your examination?"

Indirect Speech: The mother asked me how I had faired in my examination.

(viii) The manager said, "How do you propose to solve this problem?"

Indirect Speech: The manager asked me how I proposed to solve that problem.

(ix) He said, "How many chapters have you done already?"

Indirect Speech: He asked me how many chapters I had done by that time. 

(x) She said to him, "Why did you come late?"

Indirect Speech: She asked him why he had come late. 

(xi) He said, "When will you come?"

Indirect Speech:  He asked me when I would come.

(xii) The teacher said, "Who is the author of this book?"

Indirect Speech: The teacher asked who the author of that book was.

(xiii) The teacher said, "Who is next on list?"

Indirect Speech: The teacher asked who next on list was.

(xiv) The teacher said, "Whose is this book?"

Indirect Speech: The teacher asked whose that book was.

(xv) The stranger said, "Which is the way to Shalimar Gardens?"

Indirect Speech: The stranger asked which the way to Shalimar Garden was.

Notes Prepared By: Prof. Shahbaz Asghar