Question

Answer the following.

1. Did anyone actually say (or write) "Oh! He showed such promise during his early days?" (Yes/No) How can you tell? _____

2. Is "Now look at my Bittoo", said by the same person as the extract in 1 above? (Yes/ No) How do you know? _______

3. In paragraph 4, who says "Now what are you going to do?" What words help you to know? ______

4. i) In paragraph 5, who is the speaker? ______ Discuss and work out what must have been his exact words. Then write them below.

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ii) Underline the verb which tells you how the person must have said this. [Hint: Try to work out the meaning of this verb. ] ____________

5. How many of the nine paragraphs in the passage are reporting what someone has said? _________

6. How many paragraphs include the exact words of the various speakers (direct speech)? __________

7. How many paragraphs have reported them 'indirectly' (indirect speech)? ___________

8. What is your conclusion about how writers report what someone says or has said in a newspaper article such as this? ___________

Answer 1

1. Yes … It has been put in ‘inverted commas’.

2. Yes … ‘she goes on’ indicates it.

3. Father’s friend, a prosperous doctor
The words which help us to know are : ‘his first question on seeing you …………..’ ‘followed by the equally inevitable, “________ ”

4.

(i) Father’s friend, a prosperous doctor.
“Look at my nephew who has just gone to the UK for his FRCS, and my daughter who has just completed her MBBS from AIIMS with top results. What exciting results they have !”

(ii) The verb to be underlined is – ‘raves’
Meaning = talks furiously and wildly

5. Six

6. Six

7. Three

8. In a newspaper article, the writers report some very important words in direct speech ie, as they are spoken. They report some in indirect speech adding the words from their own side to exactly report the underlining emotions, feelings, moods or manners.