Question

Report the dialogue.
Teacher: Mala, why were you absent yesterday?
Mala: I went to temple, sir.
Teacher: Okay. Complete the assignments I have given.

Answer 1

Hint: Change the given dialogues using the rules of reported speech.

Complete step by step solution:
In the given question we have been given three dialogues which we have to change into reported speech. To do this we need to understand what a reported speech is. The method of telling someone what another person has said is called reported speech.
To do this, we need to choose a reporting verb (such as ‘said’) and a tense for the sentence, based on how long ago the comment was made and regarding which topic.
Then, we need to change the point of view, this involves changing ‘I’ into ‘he/she/they’.
After this we need to choose whether to use ‘that’ or ‘if’. The former is used as a conjunction while the latter is used for certain questions. Then, we need to change the tense into past tense, but maintain the perfect or continuous form of the original.
Now, let us convert the given sentences into reported speech, using the given rules.
The teacher asked Mala why she had been absent the previous day. Mala replied that she had gone to the temple. The teacher agreed to it and asked her to complete the assignments which he had given.

Note: To avoid confusion, learn the given rules of reported speech thoroughly and practice several times.