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    Here is an excerpt from an article from the Times of India dated 27 August 2006. Rewrite it, changing the sentences in direct speech into reported speech. Leave the other sentences unchanged.
    “Why do you want to know my age? If people know I am so old, I won’t get work!” laughs 90-year-old A. K. Hangal, one of Hindi cinema’s most famous character actors. For his age, he is rather energetic. “What’s the secret?” we ask. “My intake of everything is in small quantities. And I walk a lot,” he replies. “I joined the industry when people retire. I was in my 40s. So I don’t miss being called a star. I am still respected and given work, when actors of my age are living in poverty and without work. I don’t have any complaints,” he says, adding, “but yes, I have always been underpaid.” Recipient of the Padma Bhushan, Hangal never hankered after money or materialistic gains. “No doubt I am content today, but money is important. I was a fool not to understand the value of money earlier,” he regrets.
    90-year-old A.K. Hangal, one of Hindi cinema’s most famous character actors, laughingly asked why we wanted to know his age. If people knew he was that old, he would not get work. For his age, he is rather energetic. We asked him what the secret was. He replied that his intake of everything was in small quantities and he walked a lot. He said that he had joined the industry when people retired. He had been in his 40s. So he did not miss being called a star. He was still respected and given work, when actors of his age were living in poverty and without work. He said he did not have any complaints, adding that he had always been underpaid. Recipient of the Padma Bhushan, Hangal never hankered after money or materialistic gains. He said that no doubt he was content at present, but money was important. He said regretfully that he had been a fool not to understand the value of money before.
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    You must have noticed that when we report someone’s exact words, we have to make some changes in the sentence structure. In the following sentences fill in the blanks to list the changes that have occurred in the above pairs of sentences. One has been done for you.

    1. To report a question, we use the reporting verb_______ (as in Sentence Set 1).
    2. To report a statement, we use the reporting verb asked.
    3. The adverb of place here changes to__________ .
    4. When the verb in direct speech is in the present tense, the verb in reported speech is in the____________ tense (as in Sentence Set 3).
    5. If the verb in direct speech is in the present continuous tense, the verb in reported speech changes to___________ tense. For example,____________ changes to was getting.
    6. When the sentence in direct speech contains a word denoting respect, we add the adverb_________ in the reporting clause (as in Sentence Set 1).
    7. The pronouns I, me, our and mine, which are used in the first person in direct speech, change according to the subject or object of the reporting verb such as ,_______, ______, _________ , or___________ in reported speech.

    To report a question, we use the reporting verb asked.
     
    2. To report a declaration, we use the reporting verb declared.
     
    3. The adverb of place here changes to there.
     
    4. When the verb in direct speech is in the present tense, the verb in reported speech is in the pasttense.
     
    5. If the verb in direct speech is in the present continuous tense, the verb in reported speech changes to past continuous tense. For example, am getting changes to was getting.
     
    6. When the sentence in direct speech contains a word denoting respect, we add the adverb respectfully in the reporting clause.
     
    7. The pronouns I, me, our and mine, which are used in the first person in direct speech, change to second person pronouns such as he/she, him/her, their or his/hers in reported speech.
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