DIRECT/INDIRECT SPEECH
     my mother. (D.S.)                                          this school since 1998. (D.S.)
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448. (3) “Which chair am        I                          452. (1) I asked the stranger
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          Q.wd          S. Pr. Pro.                               Sub. Rep.V.
     to sit on ?” asks       he. (D.S.)                         if         he    was
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     S. Pr.        Rep. V. Sub.                            Connective Pro.1 S. Past
     He asks which chair he                                     the same person I
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    Sub. Rep.V. Q.wd.              Pro.                                            Pro.2
     is to sit on. (I.S.)                                       had met in the park. (I.S.)
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      S. Pr.                                                   Past Per.
     when the Rep. V. is in S. Pre., the Tense in the Rep.      “Are you the same person
     Sp. does not change.                                           ̄       ̄
449. (4) The boss requested                                    S. Pr. pro.1
                 ̄              ̄                                 I      met in the park ?”
              Sub.        Rep. V.                                ̄         ̄
     for the latest reports. (I.S.)                           Pro.2 S. Past
     The boss said, “Please give me                             I asked. (D.S.)
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        Sub.     Rep.V.                                       Sub. Rep. V.
     the latest reports.” (D.S.)                           453. (3) He said, “Alas!          I
     In order to change an Imperative Sent. into a to-Inf.            ̄        ̄         ̄         ̄
     or any other Prep. is used.
                                                                   Sub. Rep.V. Ext.wd. Pro.1
     This sentence can be changed as follows also :
                                                                am perished by the people
   l The boss requested me to give him the latest reports.
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450. (3) They suggested me
                                                                    S. Pr.
            ̄           ̄          ̄
                                                                I have made” (D.S.)
         Sub.      Rep.V.     Ob.
                                                                ̄          ̄
     to take those books
                                                             Pro.2 Pr. Per.
         ̄           ̄
                                                                He exclaimed with regret
     to-Inf. Ext.wd.
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     upstairs. (I.S.)
                                                              Sub.             Rep. V.
     They said to me, “Bring
                                                                that        he was perished
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                                                                     ̄          ̄          ̄
     Sub. Rep.V. Ob. Inf.
                                                             Connective Pro.1 Past Per.
     these books upstairs.” (D.S.)
                                                                by the people he
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    Ext. wd.
                                                                                Pro.2
451. (1) She     said       that
                                                                had made. (I.S.)
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        Sub. Rep.V. Connective
                                                                 Past Per.
     she had been in that
                                                           454. (2) The matron informed
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     Pro. Past Per.          Ext. wd.
                                                                        Sub.          Rep.V.
     school since 1998. (I.S.)
                                                                the girls that          she
     She said, “I’ve been in
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                                                                    Ob.    Connnective     Pro.1
    Sub. Rep.V. Pro. Pr. Per.
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