Question

Read the following sentence dialogues and fill in the blanks a) Husband-Did you talk to Dr Trehan?Wife-Yes,but it is important for you to rest.Huband-What is it?Wife-Silence.Husband-Is it one or two.Wife-No.Husband-Is it three or four.Wife-Yes
Tushar was admitted in a hospital with a complaint of tumour.He was resting.A few minutes later,he opened his eyes and asked his wife i)________sheii)________.He asked her if it was one or two.She iii)_______.Finally,he wanted to know if it iv)________and she agreed with him.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Tushar was admitted in a hospital with a complaint of tumours. He was resting. A few minutes later, he opened his eyes and asked his wife if she had talked to Dr. Trehan. She said that she did, but that it was important for him to rest. He asked her if it was one or two. She said that it wasn't. Finally, he wanted to know if it was three or four and she agreed with him.​

Explanation:

What you are supposed to do in the given question is to convert direct speech into indirect speech. Here, direct speech is given in the form of a dialogue. Indirect (reported) speech is a way of relaying someone's words without quoting them explicitly (which is done in the direct speech).

When turning direct speech into indirect speech, you need to pay attention to the tenses. You can see how tenses change in indirect speech in the image attached below: