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Notice how in a comic book, there are no speech marks when characters talk. Instead what they say is put in a speech ‘bubble’. However, if we wish to repeat or ‘report’ what they say, we must put it into reported speech
Change the following sentences in the story to reported speech.
(i) Why is your face half-shaven?Gopal’s wife asked him______________________.
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Solution
(ii) Why is your face half-shaven? Gopal’s wife asked him why his face was half-shaven
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“You’ll excuse me for speaking, miss, but, I see you’re acquainted with the marshall here. If you’ll ask him to speak a word for me when we get to the pen he’ll do it, and it’ll make things easier for me there. He’s taking me to Leavenworth prison. It’s seven years for counterfeiting.”
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