অষ্টম শ্রেণি : ইংরেজি

Aziza Khanam Shefa

Railway Public High School, Chattogram

Changing the form of speech

Rewrite the following passage changing the form of speech.

Exercise-1

‘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.

Exercise-2

‘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.’

Exercise-3

‘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.

Exercise-4

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.

Exercise-5

Father said to Saima, ‘Read attentively in order to get GPA-5.’ ‘I am reading seriously. Please pray to Allah for my success,’ said Saima. ‘May Allah bless you.’

Answer

1.    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.

2.    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).

3.    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.

4.    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.

5.    Father advised Saima to read attentively in order to get GPA-5. Saima replied that she was reading seriously. She requested her father to pray to Allah for her success. Father prayed that Allah might bless her.