GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES

REPORTED SPEECH

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They knew it was spring when the wild duck flew north again , to Siberia .Early in the morning ,when he got up to chop wood and light a fire,Rakesh saw the V-shaped formation streaming northwards and heard the calls of the birds clearly through through the thin mountain air.

1 What does “they” mean here?

2 How did they get the idea that it was spring?

3 Which word in the above paragraph means that “moves freely”

4 imagine that Rakesh is writing a letter to his friend about the new experince inthe spring time how would it be?

Can we try to report some dialogues in the story?

Rakesh : What can I do with a seed?

Grand father : Plant it

1. Rakesh asked his grand father that what he could do with a seed grand father replied to plant that

Look at the sentence which are the words we added?

A............. B................. etc

What are the changes happened to the words in the conversation ? List it.

What can I do-------What he could do

It----- that

NOW TRY TO DO THE FOLLOWING

RAKESH :Can I go to my home?

GrANDFATHER :Write to your father

Rakesh asked.....................................................

Grandfather replied...................

Now look at the following sentence

Are cherry seeds lucky?asked Rakesh.

How can we report this?

2 Rakesh asked if cherry seeds were lucky

List the words we added

A.............

What changes happened?

Are cherry seeds..........cherry seeds were

Try to do the following

Can I get a chocalate ?asked Rakesh