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Standard IX

Biology

Animal Intelligence

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Question

Rewrite the sentence in indirect speech:

'Have you anything to tell me, little bird?' asked Ulysses.

Ulysses asked the little bird whether it had anything to tell him.

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Solution

The correct option is A Ulysses asked the little bird whether it had anything to tell him.
This is a question in present tense in direct speech; it has to be changed to a statement in past tense form in reported speech.
'have you' is changed to 'whether it had'.
We use 'it' as a personal pronoun for birds and animals; 'me' is changed to 'him' to refer to Ulysses.

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Questions beginning with why/when/where/how/which/what are reported using these same words.

The reporting verbs we use in questions with if/whether/why/when etc. are: ask, inquire and wonder.

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• the present tense changes to past tense

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• I/you change to me/him/he, etc., as necessary.

Example: • He said to me, “I don’t believe you.”

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7. Sheila asked the children “Are you ready to do the work?”

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Rewrite the sentence in indirect speech:'Have you anything to tell me, little bird?' asked Ulysses.

Rewrite the sentence in indirect speech:

'Have you anything to tell me, little bird?' asked Ulysses.