Changing the form of speech

Rewrite the following passage changing the form of speech.

(1) Once I asked a sweet little girl, ''What is your mother's name?'' She replied cleverly, ''I know my mother's name but I won't tell you that.'' I said, ''What a clever girl you are!'' ''I don't tell my mother''s name to anybody whom I don't know,'' she spoke with an air of confidence.

Answer: Once I asked a sweet little girl what her mother's name was. She replied cleverly that she knew her mother's name but she would not tell me that. I exclaimed with wonder that she was a very clever girl. She spoke with an air of confidence that she did not tell her mother's name to anybody whom she did not know.

(2) Follow my example, ''she said as we shook hands, ''and never eat more than one thing for luncheon.'' ''I'll do better than that,'' I retorted, ''I'll eat nothing at dinner tonight.'' ''Humorist,'' she cried gaily, jumping into a cab.

Answer: As we shook hands, she advised me to follow her example and never to eat more than one thing for luncheon. I retorted that I would do better than that and added that I would eat nothing at dinner that night. Jumping into a cab, she cried gaily calling me a humorist.

(3) My father looked at me in anger and said to me, ''Where have you been so long and why are you wasting your time?'' After a moment, he said, ''Will you not appear in the test examination?'' I said, ''I went to my friend's house to borrow an essential book, but he was not at home. So, I had to wait for him.''

Answer: My father looked at me in anger and asked me where I had been so long and why I was wasting my time. After a moment, he asked me if I would not appear in the test exam. I replied that I had gone to my friend's house to borrow an essential book but he had not been at home and so I had to wait for him.

(4) ''Why don't you attend the class?'' the teacher said to the boy, ''You can't expect good results unless you attend classes as I tell you.'' ''I am sorry sir, I have offended you,'' said the boy. ''Thank you,'' said the teacher.

Answer: The teacher asked the boy why he (b) did not attend the class. He told him (b) that he (b) could not expect good results unless he (b) attended classes as he (t) told him (b). The boy respectfully said that he (b) was sorry. He (b) added that he (b) had offended him (t). Then the teacher thanked him (b).

(5) ''Why were you absent?'' said the teacher. ''The Headmaster is very angry with you. Go to him at once.'' ''I was seriously ill,'' said Papia.

Answer: The teacher asked Papia why she had been absent and said that the Headmaster was very angry with her. He told her to go to him (Headmaster) at that moment. Papia said that she had been seriously ill.

(6) My friend said to me, ''Why are you reading this hour? It is time for prayer. Let us go out for a walk after saying prayer.'' ''Yes, I agree with you,'' said I.

Answer: My friend asked me why I was reading that hour and told me that it was time for prayer. He proposed to me that we should go out for a walk after saying prayer. I agreed with him.

(7) ''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.''

Answer: The mother asked the girl why she (g) had not gone to school the previous day. Addressing her mother as mum, the girl replied that she (g) had been ill. The mother again asked her (g) how she (g) was that day. The girl replied that she was well and told her (m) not to worry for her (g).

(8) ''My sons, a great treasure lies hidden in the land there. I am going to leave it as I shall die soon,'' said the old father. Being curious, the sons said, ''How shall we find it?'' ''You must dig the land for it,'' said the old man.

Answer: The old father told his sons that a great treasure lay hidden in the land there and added that he was going to leave it as he would die soon. Being curious, the sons asked the old father how they would find it. The old man replied that they had to dig the land for it.

(9) The teacher said to the boy, ''Do you think that honesty is the best policy?'' The boy said, ''Yes sir, I think so.'' ''Then learn to be honest from your boyhood,'' said the teacher. ''Thank you, sir,'' said the boy. ''May Allah grant you a long life,'' said the teacher to the boy.

Answer: The teacher asked the boy if he (b) thought that honesty is the best policy. The boy respectfully replied in the affirmative and said that he thought so. The teacher advised him (the boy) then to learn to be honest from his boyhood. The boy respectfully thanked him (the teacher). The teacher prayed that Allah might grant him (the boy) a long life.