Speech change
15.
Direct Speech: ‘Will you come to my house tomorrow?’ I asked the boy. ‘We can discuss terms and conditions then,’ I said. ‘I shall be very happy to meet with you at your house. Thank you so much,’ he replied.
Indirect Speech: I asked the boy if he would come to my house the next day and added that we could discuss terms and conditions then. The boy replied that he would be very happy to meet with me at my house. Then the boy thanked me very much.
16.
Direct Speech: ‘Porter, you may go,’ said the mistress of the house, laughing. ‘You have gained your freedom.’ ‘By Allah,’ he replied, ‘I will not heave this house until I have heard the stories of my companions.’
Indirect Speech: The mistress of the house told the porter laughing that he might go as he had gained his freedom. Swearing by Allah, the porter replied that he would not leave the house till he had heard the stories of his companions.
মো. জসিম উদ্দীন বিশ্বাস, সহকারী অধ্যাপক, ঢাকা রেসিডেনসিয়াল মডেল কলেজ, ঢাকা