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Changing Speech
Narration
[Change the narrative style by using direct/indirect speeches. 5]
English 2nd Paper
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1. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Dhaka Board]
"Follow my example," she said as we shook hands, "and never eat more than one thing for luncheon." "I'll do better than that," I retorted. "I'll eat nothing for dinner to-night."
"Humorist," she cried gaily, jumping into a cab.
Answer: As we shook hands, she asked me to follow her example and never to eat more than one thing for luncheon. I retorted that I would do better than that and added that I would eat nothing for dinner that night. Jumping into a cab, she cried gaily and called me humorist.
2. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Cumilla Board]
"Have you saved something for the future?" said the rich man. "No," said the cobbler, "I am happy with the present and think little about tomorrow." "No, that would not do," said the rich man. "I like to see you above want. Have this money and keep it."
Answer: The rich man asked the cobbler if he (cobbler) had save something for the future. The cobbler replied in the negative and said that he was happy with the present and thought little about tomorrow. The rich man disagreed with him (cobbler) and said that would not do. He again said that he wanted to see him (cobbler) above want. The rich man offered some money to the cobbler and requested him to keep the money.
3. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Rajshahi Board]
"Whose picture is it?" I asked.
"A little girl's of course," said Grandmother.
"Can't you tell?"
"Yes, but do you know the girl?"
"Yes, I knew her." said Granny "but she was a very wicked girl and I shouldn't tell you about her."
Answer: I asked grandmother whose picture it was. Grandmother replied that undoubtedly it was a picture of a little girl and asked me if I could't tell. I agreed that it was a picture of a little girl and asked her if she knew the girl. Granny replied that she knew her (the girl in picture) and added that she (girl) was a very wicked girl and she (Granny) should't tell me about her (girl).
4. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Dinajpur Board]
He said to me, "I am very sorry to trouble you, but I shall be much obliged if you will kindly lend me your dictionary." "I shall be very glad to be of service to you, and you are welcome to any of my books that you think of use to you," said I.
Answer: He humbly apologised for troubling me and said that he would be obliged if I would lend him my dictionary. I said that I would be glad to be of service to him and that he was welcome to borrow any of my books that he thought useful to him.
5. Change the narrative style by using direct speech: [Jashore Board]
The teacher asked the students if they had heard the name of Aesop. The students respectfully replied that they had not and asked the teacher who he had been. The teacher advised them to listen to his lecture attentively and they would be able to know about him. He also exclaimed with wonder that his fables were very interesting and instructive.
Answer: "Have you heared the name of Aesop?" asked the teacher. "No, sir, who was he?" "Listen to my lecture attentively and then you will be able to know about him. How interesting and instructive his fables are!"
6. Change the narrative style by using direct speeches: [Chattogram Board]
The witness told the International Crimes Tribunal that he had suddenly heard a gunshot and had gone towards the door. He added that he had seen many Al-Badr men and the members of the Pakistani army on his house premises. The judge asked him if he had recognized some of the Al-Badr men. The witness answered that he could recognize one Hamid in his village who had brought the members of the Pakistani army to the village.
Answer: “I suddenly heard a gunshot and went towards the door,” the witness told the International Crimes Tribunal. “I saw many Al-Badr men and members of the Pakistani Army on my house premises,” he added. “Did you recognise some of the Al-Badr men?” the judge asked him. “Yes I could recognise one Hamid in my village who brought the members of the Pakistani army to the village,” the witness answered.
7. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Sylhet Board]
"Why are you crying? Do you have any problem?" asked the passerby. "I am crying because I have none to look after me" said the street child. "Are you hungry?" "Yes, I am." said the boy.
Answer: The passerby asked the street child why he was crying and if he had any problem. The street child said that he was crying because he had none to look after him. The passerby asked if he was hungry. The street child replied that he was hungry.
8. Rewrite the following in the reported speech: [Barishal Board]
"Please give me your English grammar book," said Fahim. "I cannot give it," said Arman. "I have to take it with me in the class." "I shall return the book before the class starts." Said Fahim. "Take it" said Arman. "Thanks," said Fahim.
Answer: Fahim politely requested Arman to give him (F) his (A) English Grammar Book. In reply, Arman said that he (A) could not give it. He further said that he (A) had to take it with him (A) in the class. At this, Fahim said that he (F) would return the book before starting his (A) class. Then Arman told him (F) to take it and for that, Fahim thanked him (A).
9. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Dhaka Board]
"Where do you come from?" I asked him. "From San Carlos," he said, and smiled. "I was taking care of animals." "Oh," I said, not quite understanding. "Yes," he said, "I stayed, you see, taking care of animals. I was the last one to leave the town of San Carlos."
Answer: I asked him where he came from. He replied with a smile that he came from San Carlos. He added that he had been taking care of animals. Being confused, I exclaimed with surprise. He then ensured me that he had stayed taking care of animals. He also added that he had been the last person to leave the town of San Carlos.
10. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Cumilla Board]
One day Hazrat Omar (R) became shocked to see the sufferings of a woman and said, "Where do you live?" The woman said, "I live in a poor hut south end to this town. I'm hungry but there is no food in my house. Will you give me something to eat?" Hazrat Omar (R) said, "Go back home. I'm coming with food and money for you."
Answer: One day Hazrat Omar (R) became shocked to see the sufferings of a woman and asked her where she lived. In reply, she told him that she lived in a poor hut south end to that town. She also added that she was hungry but there was no food in her house and asked him if he would give her something to eat. Hazrat Omar (R) told her to go back home and assured her that he was going with food and money for her.
11. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Rajshahi Board]
"Have you cut your nails short?" The teacher said to Maruf. "No, I've forgotten, Sir," said Maruf. "That's very bad. You must be more careful about neatness and cleanlines. By doing so, you can prevent diarrhoea and some other diseases too," said the teacher.
Answer: The teacher asked Maruf if he (M) had cut his nails short. Replying in the negative with respect, Maruf said that he had forgotten. At this, the teacher said that it was very bad and added that he had to be more careful about neatness and cleanliness. He (T) also said that by doing so, he (M) could prevent diarrhoea and some other diseases too.
12. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Dinajpur Board]
"Have you saved something for future?" said the rich man. "No" said the cobbler. "I am happy with the present and think little about tomorrow." "No, that would not do," said the rich man. "I like to see you above want. Have this money and keep it."
Answer: The rich man asked the cobbler if he (C) had saved something for future. Replying in the negative, he (C) said that he was happy with the present and thought little about the next day. At this, the rich man said that that would not do and added that he wanted to see him (C) above want and requested him (C) to have that money and keep it.
13. Change the narrative style by using direct speeches: [Jashore Board]
I told the rickshaw puller that he had carried me a long way. Then I asked him how much I should pay him. I further asked him if fifty taka would do. He replied that anything was all right.
Answer: "You have carried me a long way," I said to the rickshaw puller. "How much should I pay you? Fifty Taka?" "Anything is all right", said the rickshaw puller.
14. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Chattogram Board]
"Why are your children crying, my daughter?" said the Caliph.
"They have been starving," said the woman. "Have you none else in the world?" "My husband died some months ago. He left them neither money nor any property. So, they are in great distress. They have to starve sometimes." "Oh! Let me see, how I can help you," said the Caliph.
Answer:. Addressing the woman as his daughter the Caliph asked her why her children were crying. In reply, the woman told him that they had been starving. Then he asked her if she had none else in the world. She replied that her husband had died some months before and had left them neither money nor any property and so they were in great distress. She also added that they had to starve sometimes. Hearing all these, the Caliph became sympathetic and told her to let him see how he could help them.
15. Change the narrative style by using direct speeches: [Sylhet Board]
Once I asked a little girl what her mother's name was. She repelied that she could remember her mother's name but she would not tell me that. She added that she did not tell her mother's name to anyone whom she did not know. I exclaimed with admiration that she was a very clever girl.
Answer: Once I said to a girl, "What is your mother's name?" "I can remember her mother's name but I will not tell you that. I don't tell my mother's name to anyone whom I do not know", she said. "What a clever girl!" said I.
16. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches: [Barishal Board]
"Do you know Bangladesh Open University offers an English self-learning course?" Sejan said to Shawan. "Yes, I have heard it from my father who works as a tutor of the course. It is a six-month course known as CELP," said Shawan.
Answer: Sejan asked Shawan if he (Shawan) knew Bangladesh Open University offered an English self-learning course. Replying positively, he (Shawan) said that he had heard it from his father who worked as a tutor of the course and added that it was a six month course known as CELP.
17. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Cumilla Board; DB-2009]
"Have you seen your mother, Jerry?' "I see her every summer, she sends for me." I wanted to cry out, "Why are you not with her? How can she let you go away again?" He said "She comes up here from Manville whenever she can. She does not have a job now."
Answer: I asked Jerry if he had seen his mother. Jerry replied that he saw her every summer and she (mother) sent for him. I wanted to cry out and asked why he was not with her (mother) and how she (mother) could let him go away again. He replied that she (mother) went up there from Manville whenever she (mother) could. He added that she (mother) did not have a job then.
18. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Rajshahi Board]
"Have you cut your hair off?" asked Jim. "Cut it off and sold it," said Della. "Don't you like me just as well, anyhow? I'm me without my hair, aren't I?"
Answer: Jim asked Della if she had cut her hair off. Della replied that she had cut it off and sold it. Then she asked him if he didn’t like her as well, anyhow. Again with a tag, she said that she was herself without her hair.
19. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dinajpur Board]
"Mina, have you done your English lesson today?" said the teacher. "Yes, sir," she replied. "But I haven't understood one grammatical point." "Don't worry. I'll help you understand it," said the teacher. "Thank you, sir," she said.
Answer: The teacher asked Mina if she had done her English lesson that day. Mina replied that she had, respectfully but she also added that she had not understood one grammatical point. At this, the teacher told her not to worry and added that he would help her understand it. She thanked him respectfully.
20. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [CgtB Question, JB-2010]
"You look a little bit like my mother," he said, "especially in the dark by the fire." "But you were only four Jerry, when you came here. You have remembered how she looked all these years?" "My mother lives in Mannville," he said.
Answer: Jerry told her that she looked a little bit like his mother especially in the dark by the fire. At this, she told him that he had been only four when he had gone there and also asked him if he had remembered how she had looked all those years. Jerry said that his mother lived in Mannville.
21. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Jashore Board]
"Where do you like to visit, sir?" asked the ticket seller. "I want to visit Chittagong." said the stranger. "How many tickets do you need?" asked he. The stranger replied, "Five tickets." "Here are the tickets. They will cost two thousand taka", said the ticket seller.
Answer: The ticket seller politely asked the stranger where he (S) liked to visit. The stranger replied that he (S) wanted to visit Chittagong. Then the ticket seller asked the stranger how many tickets he (S) needed. The stranger replied that he needed five tickets. Then the ticket seller showed/offered him (S) the tickets and also said that they would cost two thousand taka.
22. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Sylhet Board]
The beggar said, "Will you give me some food to eat? I have been without food for two days". The housewife said, "Why don't you work? You can earn your own food". "Oh my God" said the beggar, "I am disabled. I can't work".
Answer: The beggar asked the housewife if she would give him some food to eat. He added that he had been without food for two days. The housewife asked him why he did not work and added that he could earn his own food. Expressing heavy disappointment/ swearing in the name of God, the beggar said that he was disabled and he could not work.
23. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Barishal Board]
"You look a little bit like my mother," he said. "But you were only four, Jerry, when you came here. Do you remember her face all these years?" "My mother lives in Mannville." "Have you seen her lately?" I said.
Answer: Jerry told me that I looked a little bit like his mother. At this, I told him that he had been only four when he had gone there and also asked him if he remembered her face all those years. Jerry said that his mother lived in Mannville. Then I asked him if he had seen her lately.
24. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dhaka Board, Jashore Board]
The teacher said to the boy, "Do you think that honesty is the best policy?" The boy said, "Yes, sir, I think so." "Then, learn to be honest from your boyhood," said the teacher. "Thank you, sir," said the boy. "May Allah grant you a long life," said the teacher to the boy.
Answer: The teacher asked the boy if he (B) thought that honesty is the best policy. Replying positively with respect the boy said that he (B) thought so. Then the teacher advised the boy to learn to be honest from his (B) boyhood. The boy thanked his teacher respectfully. The teacher prayed that Allah might grant him a long life.
25. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Cumilla Board]
"My sons," said he, "A great treasure lies hidden in the estate. I am about to leave you." "Where is it hidden?" said the sons. "I am about to tell you," said the old man. "But you must dig for it."
Answer: Addressing them as his sons the old man told them that a great treasure lay hidden in the estate. He added that he was about to leave them. The sons asked him where it was hidden. The old man replied that he was about to tell them. But he added that they had to dig for it.
26. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Rajshahi Board]
The writer said to Jerry, "Your roller-skates look very nice. Who has bought them for you?"
"My mother"
"Is she alive?"
"Yes, she lives in Mannville."
Answer: The writer told Jerry that his roller-skates looked very nice. She asked him who had bought them for him. Jerry replied that his mother had bought them for him. She asked him if she (M) was alive. Replying positively Jerry told her that she (M) lived in Mannville.
27. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dinajpur Board]
He said, "I can chop some wood today." I said, "But I have a boy coming from the orphanage." "I'm the boy." "You? But you're small." "Size doesn't matter chopping wood," he said.
Answer: He told me that he could chop some wood that day. But I told him that I had a boy coming from the orphanage. He told me that he was the boy. Then I wondered and asked him if it was he. I also added that he was small. He told me that size did not matter chopping wood.
28. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Sylhet Board]
Rahim said to Hamid, "How are you? I went to your hostel yesterday, but did not find you. Where did you go?" "I went to the station", said Hamid. "I had to receive my maternal uncle there."
Answer: Rahim asked Hamid how he (H) was. He added that he had gone to his (H) hostel the previous day but had not found him (H). He (R) again asked him (H) where he (H) had gone. Hamid replied that he (H) had gone to the station. He (H) added that he (H) had to receive his (G) maternal uncle there.
29. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Barishal Board]
"Take the fan", said Edna, offering a fan to him. "Oh, no! Thank you. It does no good. You have to stop fanning some time and feel all the more uncomfortable afterward."
Answer: Offering a fan to him, Edna told him to take the fan. He negated the offer and thanked her. He added that it did no good. He again said that she had to stop fanning some time and felt all the more uncomfortable afterward.
30. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dhaka Board]
"Oh, my Lord, please do not kill the child,” said the woman. “Let her have him.” The king said, “Now everything is clear to me.” Pointing to the woman, he said to the servant, “Give her the child. She is the mother of the baby.”
Answer: Addressing the king as her Lord, the woman earnestly requested the king not to kill the child. The woman also asked the king to let her have him. Then the king said that everything was clear to him. Pointing to the woman, he (K) ordered the servant to give her (W) the child and added that she (W) was the mother of the baby.
31. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Cumilla Board]
The traveller said to the peasant, “Can you tell me the way to the nearest inn?” The peasant said, “Yes, I can. Do you want one in which you can spend the night?” The traveller said, “I do not wish to stay there, but I only want a meal.”
Answer: The traveller asked the peasant if he (P) could tell him (T) the way to the nearest inn. The peasant answered in the affirmative and said that he (P) could. Then he (P) asked him if he (T) wanted one in which he (T) could spend the night. The traveller replied that he (T) did not wish to stay there, but he (T) only wanted a meal.
32. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Rajshahi Board]
“Have you heard the name of Aesop?” asked the teacher. “No, sir, who was he?” “Read the lesson attentively and then you will be able to know about him. How interesting and instructive his fables are!” said the teacher.
Answer: The teacher asked the students if they had heard the name of Aesop. The students replied in the negative and asked who he had been. The teacher told the students to read the book attentively and then they would be able to know about him. The teacher also exclaimed with joy that his (A) fables were very interesting and instructive.
33. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Dinajpur Board]
“Will you buy my hair?” asked Della. “I buy hair,” said Madame. “Take your hat off and let’s have a sight at the locks of it.” “Twenty dollars,” said Madame. “Give it to me quick,” said Della.
Answer: Della asked Madame if she (M) would buy her (D) hair. Madame replied that she (M) bought hair. Then she (M) told her (D) to take her hat off and added that they might have a sight at the locks of it. Then Madame offered her twenty dollars for it. Della told her (M) to give it to her (D) quick.
34. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Jashore Board]
“Follow my example,” she said as we shook hands, “and never eat more than one thing for luncheon.” “I’ll do better than that,” I retorted. “I’ll eat nothing for dinner tonight.” “Humourist, quite a humourist!" she cried gaily, jumping into a cab.
Answer: As we shook hands, she told me to follow her example. She also told me never to eat more than one thing for luncheon. I retorted that I'd do better than that and added that I'd eat nothing for dinner that night. Jumping into a cab, she cried gaily and said that I was quite a humourist.
35. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. [Chattogram Board]
“Why are you putting the foods in your pocket, Sir? Why don’t you eat?” asked the nobleman. “I’m doing the right thing. My dress deserves these rich dishes,” replied Sheikh Saadi. “I’m sorry. I don’t understand what you mean to say,” said the nobleman.
Answer: The nobleman politely asked Sheikh Saadi why he (S) was putting the foods in his pocket and why he didn't eat. Sheikh Saadi replied that he was doing the right thing and added that his dress deserved those rich dishes. The noble man apologized and said that he (N) didn't understand what he (S) meant to say.
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