Question

A.Change the following sentences from indirect to direct speech.

1. The teacher forbade the boys not to make any noise.
2. She proposed that they should wait for her return.
3. Joey asked James whether he had prepared the presentation the day before.
4. The officer inquired when Mr. William intended to do the audit.
5. Maria requested her elder sister to accompany her to the mall the next day.

Answer 1

1. The teacher said to boys,"Don't make noise".

2. She proposed that, "They will wait for her return".

3. Joey asked James, "That he had prepared the presentation the day before".

4. The officer inquired, "That Mr. William intended to do the audit".

5. Maria requested her elder sister, "accompany me to the mall the next day."

Step-by-step explanation:

Direct speech may be a report of the precise words employed by a speaker or writer. Contrast with indirect speech. Also called direct discourse. Direct speech is typically placed inside quotation marks and amid a reporting verb, signal phrase, or quotative frame.