HOME Narrative Style (Direct and Indirect Speech)
Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches :
'Have you seen your mother, Jerry?' 'I see her in every summer. She sends for me.' The authoress wanted to cry out. 'Why are you not with her? How can she let you go away again?' He said, 'She comes up here from Mannville whenever she can. She does not have a job now.'
Sylhet • 2025

সমাধান (Solution)

Answer: The authoress asked Jerry if he had seen his mother. Jerry replied that he saw her in every summer and added that she sent for him. The authoress wanted to cry out and asked why he was not with her and how she could let him go away again. He replied that she went up there from Manville whenever she could. He also told that she did not have a job then.
Explanation:
১. Interrogative sentence-এ reporting verb হিসেবে asked এবং linker হিসেবে if বসেছে।
২. 'Now' পরিবর্তিত হয়ে then এবং 'can' পরিবর্তিত হয়ে could হয়েছে।
৩. Direct speech-এর Present Simple টেন্স Indirect-এ Past Simple হিসেবে পরিবর্তিত হয়েছে।