ex-99
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Exercise-99
1. “Don’t believe everything you hear”, he warned me.
Ans. He suggested / told/warned me
not to believe everything I heard.
Or, he forbade me to believe
everything I heard.
2. “Look before you leap,” he said to her.
Ans. He advised her to look before
she leapt.
3. He said, “Follow her if she leaves
the house.”
Ans. He told me to follow her if
she left the house.
4. “Who put salt in my coffee?” she said.
Ans. She asked who had put salt in
his coffee.
5. He said, “I had to help you.”
Ans. He told me that he had to help
me.
6. He said to me, “I can’t tell you how grateful I
am.”
Ans. He told me that he couldn’t tell
me how grateful he was.
7. She said, “Do you know who is
coming?”
Ans. She asked me if I knew who was
coming.
8. Amit said to me, “Where did you go yesterday?”
Ans. Amit asked me where I had gone
the previous day.
9. She said to her servant, “Do as I tell you.”
Ans. She told/ordered her servant
to do as she told him.
10. She said, “The sun never rises in
the west.”
Ans. She said that the sun never
rises in the west.
11. “What makes you cry?” asked his sister.
Ans. His sister asked him / me what
made him/me cry.
12. She said to the maid, “Go and send off this letter.”
Ans. She ordered that maid to go
and send off that letter.
13. My mother said, “Do not go against your father.”
Ans. My mother advised / told me
not to go against my father.
14. “Don’t be afraid, my children,” said the host.
Ans. The host told us not to be
afraid.
Or, the host forbade us to be
afraid.
15. The gentleman said, “I am free to do what I like with my walking stick.”
Ans. The gentleman said that he was
free to do what he liked with walking stick.
16. He said, “Oil and water do not mix.”
Ans. He said that oil and water do
not mix.
17. He asked, “where is the doctor and
what is he doing?”
Ans. He asked where the doctor was
and what he was doing.
18. He said, “God is everywhere.”
Ans. He said that God is
everywhere.
19. She said to me, “Work is worship.”
Ans. She told me that work is
workship.
20. He said to me, “please give me your bicycle for a day.”
Ans. He requested me to give him my
bicycle for a day.