জুনিয়র স্কুল সার্টিফিকেট পরীক্ষা

Direct Speech-এ যদি কাউকে address (সম্বোধন) করা হয় তাহলে addressing as দিয়ে Indirect Speech শুরু করতে হয় ইংরেজি দ্বিতীয়পত্র মো. জসিম উদ্দীন বিশ্বাস, প্রভাষক ইংরেজি বিভাগ ঢাকা রেসিডেনসিয়াল মডেল কলেজ Speech Direct Speech: The man said to the manager, “May I come in, sir?” “Yes, come in. What do you want?” said the manager. “I want to open a bank account in your bank,” said the man. “Can you tell me how I can open a savings account?” Indirect Speech: Addressing the manager as sir, the man asked him/ the man asked the manager respectfully if he might go in. The manager replied in the affirmative and told him to go in. He asked the man what he wanted. The man told the manager that he wanted to open a bank account in his bank. He also asked him if he could tell him how he could open a savings account. Direct Speech: The old man said, “Can you give me some food? I have been starving for three days.” The maid said, “Why do you beg? Can’t you work?” “No, I am unable to work,” the old man replied. Indirect Speech: The old man asked the maid if/whether she could give him some food. He added that he had been starving for three days. The maid asked the old man why he begged. She also asked the old man whether he could not work. The old man replied in the negative that he was unable to work. Direct Speech: “Have you completed your assignment yet?” said Anzum. “No, I have not completed yet,” replied Nawshin. “But you must submit it timely,” said Anzum. “I worked on it for seven hours yesterday,” replied Nawshin. Indirect Speech: Anzum asked Nawshin if she (N) had completed her (N) assignment. Nawshin replied in the negative and told her (A) that she (N) had not completed yet. But Anzum told her (N) that she (N) had to submit it timely. Nawshin replied that she (N) had worked on it for seven hours the previous day. Direct Speech: Father said to his son, “Why are you making late? Go to school now. “No, I am not going to school today. I feel dizzy”, said his son. Indirect Speech: Father asked his son why he (s) was making late. He advised him to go to school then. The son told his father that he was not going to school that day as he felt dizzy. Direct Speech: “Rihat, have you done your English lesson today?” asked the teacher. “Yes, sir. I have done it. But I have not understood some grammatical points,” replied Rihat. “Where is the problem?” said the teacher, “Let us try again.” Indirect Speech: The teacher asked Rihat if he had done his English lesson that day. Rihat respectfully replied in the affirmative and told him (T) that he (R) had done it. But expressing his (R) dissatisfaction he (R) told him that he hadn’t understood some grammatical points. Then the teacher asked him (R) where the problem was. The teacher suggested him (R) that they should try again. Direct Speech: “Why did you not go to school yesterday?” said the mother to the girl. “I was ill, mum,” the girl replied. “How are you today?” the mother asked again. “Well,” said the girl, “Don’t worry for me.” Indirect Speech: The mother asked the girl why she had not gone to school the previous day. The girl replied/answered that she had been ill. The mother asked her again how she was that day. The girl replied/answered that she was well. She forbade her mother to worry for her. / She told her mother not to worry for her.