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Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.

1. ÒWill you buy my hair?Ó asked Della. ÒI buy hair,Ó said Madam. ÒTake your hat off and let us have a sight at the looks of it. Twenty dollars,Ó said Madam. ÒGive it to me quick,Ó said Della.

Answer : Della asked Madam if she would buy her hair. Madam replied that she bought hair. Then Madam told her to take her hat off and suggested that they should have a sight at the looks of it. Madam proposed/wished to give twenty dollars. Della requested her (Madam) to give it to her quickly.

2. ÔFollow my example,Õ she said when we shook hands, Ôand never eat more than one thing for luncheon.Õ ÔIÕll do better than that,Õ I retorted, ÔIÕll eat nothing for dinner tonight.Õ ÔHumorist!Õ she cried gaily, jumping into a cab.

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Answer : As we shook hands she advised me to follow her example and not to eat more than one thing for luncheon. I retorted that I would do better than that. I also added that I would eat nothing at dinner that night. Then jumping into a cab she cried gaily and said that I was a humorist.

3. ÔYou look a little bit like my mother,Õ he said Ô especially in the dark by the fire.Õ ÔBut you were only four Jerry, when you came here. You have remembered how she looked all these years?Õ My mother lives in Manville he said.

Answer : Jerry told the listener that she looked a little bit like his mother especially in the dark by the fire. With disappointment, she told that he had been only four when he had gone there. Being surprised, she asked if he had remembered how she had looked all those years. He said that his mother lived in Manville.

4. ÒGreat king of the genies,Ó called the monster. ÒI will never disobey you.Ó Hearing those words, the fisherman became very brave and said, ÒTell me why you were locked up in the vase ?Ó The giant angrily looked at the fisherman and said, ÒSpeak to me politely or I shall kill you.Ó ÒWhy should you kill me?Ó asked the fisherman.

Answer : The monster called the great king of the genies and said that he would never again disobey him (G). Hearing those words, the fishermen became brave and told the monster to tell him (f) why he (M) had been locked up in the vase. Then the giant angrily looked at him and told the fishermen to speak to him (M) more politely, otherwise he (M) would kill him (F). The fisherman asked why he would kill him.

5. ÒMy sons, listen to me. A great treasure lies hidden in the land. I am going to leave it to you.Ó ÒHowÕll we find it?Ó said the sons. ÒYou must dig the land for it,Ó said the old man.

Answer : The old man told his sons to listen to him that a great treasure lied hidden in the land. He added that he was going to leave that to them. The sons wanted to know how they would find it. The old man replied that they must dig the land for it.

6. ÒHave you killed the rates?Ó said the Mayor. ÒYes, I have, said the piper. ÒGive me the promised money.Ó ÒHow funny!Ó said the Mayor, ÔWe cannot give you so much money. Take only fifty.Õ

Answer : The Mayor asked the piper if he had killed the rates. The Piper replied in the affirmative that he had. Then he told the Mayor to give him the promised money. The Mayor exclaimed in wonder that it was very funny. He added that they could not give him so much money and told him to take only fifty.

7. ÒHow are you today?Ó I said to Sumon. ÒI am very nervous for the coming exam,Ó Sumon replied. ÒHavenÕt you taken enough preparation for this?Ó I said to him again. ÒYes, I have but I am in a fix. Let me read now,Ó said Sumon.

Answer : I asked Sumon how he was that day. Sumon replied that hewas very nervous for the coming examination. I again asked him if he had not taken enough preparation for that. Sumon again replied in the affirmative that he had but he was in a fix and requested that he might read then.