Narration For HSC Students

 

HSC Exam-2024

Narration

Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.

01. "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 for dinner tonight." "Humorist! A you're quite a humorist," she cried gaily, jumping into a cab.

02. "Stop. Didn't I tell you to stop? You cannot go there," said the sergeant. "Oh! very well, it is hard thing to be very poor. All the world is against the poor," said the man.

03. "Why are you crying? Do you have any problem?" asked the passer-by. "I am crying because I have none to look after me," said the street child. "Are you hungry?" "Yes, I am," said the boy.

04. "What happened to you, Tareq?" said Rashed. "I was sick with the flu. Have you heard anything about our exam?" said Tareq. "It is on 23 October. You need to collect the admit card of the exam," said Rashed. "From where can I get it?" said Tareq. "It is in the office room," said Rashed.

05. He said, "I can chop some wood today," "You? But you're small." "Size don't matter, chopping wood," Jerry said. "Some of the big boys don't chop good. I've been chopping wood at the orphanage for a longtime."

06. "Where is the cattle which these people graze and where are the fields they plough, uncle?" he asked, turning to Daya Ram. "They have no cattle and no fields here," said the chaprasi, pushing his neck back to stiff uprightness. "It is only the rustics in the villages who graze cattle and plough the land," he said.

07. "Could I help you, Sir?" said the receptionist. The man replied, "Sure, I want to meet the Managing Director of the company." The receptionist said, "Do you have an appointment?" "Yes, I have," he said. "Wait for a while," said the receptionist.

08. "Oh, my Lord, please do not kill the child," said the woman. "Let her have him." The king said, "Now everything is clear to me." Pointing to the woman, he said to the servant, "Give her the child. She is the mother of the baby."

09. "Why are you putting the foods in your pocket, Sir? Why don't you eat?" asked the nobleman. "I'm doing the right thing. My dress deserves these rich dishes," replied Sheikh Saadi. "I’m sorry. I don't understand what you mean to say," said the Nobleman.

10. "Is this your grandson?" asked the policeman, looking suspiciously at the little boy standing by. "Yes, "the old man replied, "The son of my only son. Both my son and his wife were killed in the cyclone, "said the old man with a sigh of grief.

11. My father said to me, "Why are you so sad, my hero?"  "father, we are beaten in Inter college cricket final by a big margin. My father said," Think positive. You must take lessons from this defeat. Father, how hard we practiced! But it didn't click" I said. My father said, "right. But from now on you start practicing more seriously. "I will try to follow your instructions."

 

Answer

01.  As we shook hands, she suggested me to follow her example and never eat more than one thing for luncheon. Then I retorted that I would do better than that and added that I would eat nothing for dinner that night. Hearing this, she exclaimed with wonder that I was a humorist and cried gaily said that I was quite a humorist, jumping into a cab.

02. The sergeant ordered the man to stop. He then asked him (M) if he (S) had not told him (M) to stop. He (S) further said that he (M) could not go there. Then accepting the idea with astonishment, the man said that it was hard thing to be very poor. He further added that all the world was against the poor.

03. The passer-by asked the street child why he was crying. He also asked the boy if he had any problem. The street child replied that he was crying because he had none to look after him. The passer- by again asked the boy whether he was hungry. The boy replied in the affirmative and said that he was hungry.

04. Rashed asked Tareq what had happened to him. Tareq replied that he had been sick with the flu. Then he asked Rashed whether he had heard anything about their exam. Rashed said that that was on 23 October. He added that he (T) needed to collect the admit card of the exam. Tareq asked from where he could get it. Rashed said that that was in the office room.

05. Jerry told me that he could chop some wood that day. Being hesitated I asked him if he was small. At this he assured me that size did not matter chopping wood. He added that some of the big boys didn't chop good. He further told that he had been chopping wood at the orphanage for a long time.

06. Turning to Daya Ram and addressing him as his uncle he asked him where the cattle was which those people grazed and where the fields were they ploughed. Pushing his neck back to stiff uprightness the chaprashi replied that they had no cattle and no fields there. He (C) added that it was only the rustics in the villages who grazed cattle and ploughed the land.

07. Addressing the man as sir the receptionist asked him if she (R) could have helped him. The man replied with assurance and said that he wanted to meet the Managing Director of the company. Then the receptionist asked if he had an appointment. He replied in the affirmative and said that he had. At this the receptionist told him to wait for a while.

08. Addressing the king as her lord the woman requested him not to kill the child and said that she might be allowed to have him. The king said that then everything was clear to him. And then pointing to the woman he asked the servant to give her the child. He added that she was the mother of the baby.

09. The nobleman inquired why the foods were being put in his pocket and why he wasn't eating. Sheikh Saadi responded that he believed he was doing the right thing and that his attire warranted such rich dishes. The nobleman expressed his confusion and asked for clarification.

10. The policeman asked the old man, looking suspiciously at the little boy standing by, if the boy was his grandson. The old man replied affirmatively, stating that the boy was the son of his only son. He further added that both his son and his wife had been killed in the cyclone, expressing his grief with a sigh.

11. My father asked me why I was so sad and referred to me as his hero. I replied to my father that we had been beaten in the Intercollege cricket final by a big margin. My father then advised me to think positively and take lessons from this defeat. I responded to my father by expressing frustration about how hard we had practiced without success. My father agreed with me, acknowledging our efforts, but encouraged me to start practicing more seriously from now on. I assured my father that I would try to follow his instructions.