CBSE Class 8 English Grammar Reported Speech Worksheet Set 02

Answer: 1. The doctor told me to take those tablets every six hours.
2. He told me not to go out.
3. He advised me to rest in bed.
4. He told me not to force myself to eat if I had lost my appetite.
5. He advised me to drink lots of water.
6. He told me to stay away from other people.

Teacher's Note: Commands and requests become 'told/advised ... to' and negative commands become 'not to'.

Answer: 1. He said that I was not working hard.
2. She said that she would see me the following week.
3. Kunal said that he had finished his work.
4. The manager asked Anurag to come in.
5. He told me to wait there till he came.
6. He said that he would be back soon.
7. She said that she did not know him.
8. Rimi said that she was staying with her uncle.
9. Geetika said that David had broken the glass.
10. He said that he had met him five days before.
11. The girl said that she would answer the phone.
12. He said that he was leaving for Mumbai the next day.
13. He has just said that he is leaving for Mumbai tomorrow.
14. John said that Prateek had taken his camera.
15. The teacher told him not to copy from the next boy.

Teacher's Note: When the reporting verb is in the past tense, the tense moves one step back (is to was, will to would). In No. 13 the reporting verb 'has said' is in the present perfect, so the tense and time words do not change.

Answer: 1. He asked where his glasses were.
2. She asked what I was doing.
3. I asked them when the next train was.
4. He asked where I lived.
5. Ann asked if I was going to the post office.
6. He asked if my father was in.
7. She asked if my uncle had gone to Chennai.
8. She asked which train I had taken.
9. Mona asked the shopkeeper what that sari cost.
10. I asked if he had understood her.
11. He asked us who could do that puzzle.
12. She asked me what the time was.
13. He asked me if that was my pen.
14. I asked them where they were going for their holidays.
15. He asked where he had left his sweater.

Teacher's Note: In reported questions we use normal word order (no 'do/does/did'), no question mark, and 'if' or 'whether' for yes-or-no questions.

Answer: 1. She asked if I would like tea.
2. He asked if I had been working hard.
3. I asked if he was going to marry her.
4. I asked if he had been to Agra and what other places he had visited.
5. He asked where Mr Ashok Mehta lived and whether I thought he was at home.
6. Robert greeted Yash and asked why he was standing there.
7. He said that he had passed his exam, and she congratulated him.
8. He exclaimed that I had stepped on his foot, and I apologised.
9. She asked me to post that letter when I went out.
10. Andy wished John a happy Christmas, and John thanked him.
11. He said that the weather was fine and suggested going for a picnic.
12. The teacher, looking over Naman's homework, said that he did not understand how it was possible for a single person to make so many mistakes. Naman said proudly that it had not been a single person and told the teacher that his father had helped him.

Teacher's Note: Greetings and exclamations are reported with verbs such as wished, exclaimed, congratulated and apologised.