dance? She wanted to know if I liked to dance. . Where do you reside?
She asked me where I resided. Look at the change of time and place when changing from Direct to Indirect Speech. Direct Indirect now then today that day ago before yesterday the day before tomorrow the next day/the following day next week the following week Similarly ‘this’ becomes ‘that’ Change in auxiliary verbs Here is a list of auxiliary verbs that always change when converting Direct to Indirect Speech. Direct speech Indirect speech can/cannot could/couldn’t may might will/shall would/should Here is a list of auxiliary verbs that do not change when converting Direct into Indirect.
Direct speech Indirect speech might might could could need not need not Unit- - THE CHALLENGE - - - e.g. He said, “Minu might come tomorrow.’ He said (that) Minu might come the day after. Task: Rewrite the conversation given below in Indirect Speech. Derry : Do you have any friends?
Mr. Lamb : Hundreds. . Derry : But I’m not a friend.
Mr. Lamb : What have you done to make me think you’re not? . Listening and Speaking a.
Now, your teacher will read an extract from the story titled ‘IDGAH’ or play it on an audio device more than once if necessary. Listen to it carefully and complete the exercises given below. Task: i) Based on your listening, complete the following details Name the characters a) ) Festivals mentioned a) ) ii) Read the sentences and state whether true or false. a.
Hamid did not buy anything for himself. b. They returned from the Idgah in the evening. iii.
Tick the correct option. Hamid was four or five years old a) scrawny b) short c) strong His father had died of cholera a) the previous year b) a couple of years ago c) the year before last year b. Bravery is a state of mind. A healthy body helps, but the prime moving force is the mind.
Therefore, you need to make the mind strong. The following is a conversation between