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WORKSHEET 8. Direct Speech: “Are you hungry, friends?” said the shrewd king. “I’ll be your leader and take you to the granaries where the selfish rich store the golden grains.” Indirect Speech: Addressing them as friends, the shrewd king asked if they were hungry. He added that he would be their leader and take them to the granaries where the selfish rich stored the golden grains. Direct Speech: “My sons listen to me. A great treasure lies hidden in the land. I am going to leave you.” “How’ll we find it?” said the sons. “You must dig the land for it,” said the old man. Indirect Speech: The old man told his sons to listen to him. He added that a great treasure lay hidden in the land. He further added that he was going to leave that to them. The sons asked the old man how they would find that. The old man told his sons that they had to dig the land for that. Direct Speech: “We would like to go on an excursion. Can we have your permission, sir?” said the students. “Yes, you can arrange it after the examination is over. And you should choose a historical place for that”, replied the headmaster. “Thank you, sir.” replied the students. Indirect Speech: The students told the headmaster that they would like to go on an excursion and also asked him if they could have his permission. The headmaster replied in the affirmative and said that they could arrange it after the examination was over. He also added that they(s) should choose a historical place for that. The students respectfully thanked him. Direct Speech: “What are you doing, Jack?” I said. “I am watching an interesting programme on television.” “Aren’t you wasting your time?” I said. “No, I don’t think so,” he said. Indirect Speech: I asked Jack what he was doing then. He replied that he was watching an interesting programme on television. I asked him again if he was not wasting his time. He replied in the negative that he did not think so. Direct Speech: The teacher said, “Do you think 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. Indirect Speech: The teacher asked the boy if he thought that honesty is the best policy. The boy respectfully replied in the affirmative and said that he thought so. The teacher advised him (b) to learn to be honest from his boyhood. The boy respectfully thanked him (t). The teacher prayed that Allah might grant him (the boy) a long life. Direct Speech: The passer-by stopped me and said, “Sir, can you tell me the way to the nearest inn?” “Yes, I can,” I said, “Go straight about 80 yards and turn left. You will find it.” “Thank you.” he said. Indirect Speech: Addressing me as sir, the passer-by stopped me and asked me if I could tell him the way to the nearest inn. I replied in the affirmative and said that I could. And I told him to go straight about 80 yards and turn left. I added that he would find it. Then he thanked me. Direct Speech: Rifa said to me, “Have you finished reading the book I gave you yesterday?” “Yes, I have finished reading the book.” I replied, “What an interesting book it is! I wish I would borrow the book earlier,” I said. “Will you return me the book today?” she said. Indirect Speech: Rifa asked me if/whether I had finished reading the book she had given me the previous day. I replied in the affirmative that I had finished reading the book. I exclaimed with joy that it was a very interesting book. I wished that I would borrow the book earlier. Then she asked me if/whether I would return her the book that day.