Question

Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows:
Reena: I called you yesterday, where were you?
Arya: I went to visit my grandmother. Why did you call?
Reena: I called to tell you that our results will be out next week.
Arya: Are you sure?
Reena: I saw the news in yesterday's newspaper.

Reena told Arya that (a) _______ and asked her where she had been. Arya told her that (b) ______ grandmother and enquired why she had called. Reena told her that she (c) _______ results would be out next week. When Arya asked whether she was sure, Reena told her (d) _______ newspaper.

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given conversation carefully and try to make out the core meaning. Try to fill up the blanks in your own language.

Complete answer:
 In such questions, you must fill in the given blanks in your own words, and not copy words from the given conversation. A conversation is a process of talking, which generally includes two or more than two people. Here, there are only two. We have to fill in the given blanks according to the conversation. The direct speech describes when something is being repeated exactly as it was – usually in between a pair of inverted commas. Whereas Indirect speech will still share the same information – but instead of expressing someone's comments or speech by directly repeating them, it involves reporting or describing what was said.
The correct answer is :
Reena told Arya that she had called her and asked her where she had been. Arya told her that she went to visit her grandmother and enquired why she had called. Reena told her that she called to tell her that their results would be out next week. When Arya asked whether she was sure, Reena told her that she saw the news in the previous day’s newspaper.

Note:
 You had to convert the given conversation, i.e., in the indirect speech, into direct speech. You must know the minor details of the conversation in order to do such questions.