Question

Report the dialogue:
Father: Don’t watch T.V. during examination time.
Varun: Sorry daddy, today they are telecasting our school programme.
Father: O.K. I’ll watch the programme with you

Answer 1

Hint:While reporting we must used indirect speech only
1. When reporting, the verb is in a present or future tense, we do not change the tense of the verb inside the quotation marks.
2. Use pronouns in the reporting sentence keeping in mind the pronouns mentioned in the direct speech
3. Here, the verbs are in present tense, therefore change it into past tense

Complete answer:
Father asked Varun to not watch T.V. during examinations.
Varun replied apologizing to his father that their school programme was being telecasted that day.
Father accepted Varun’s apology and said that he would also watch the programme with him.

Note:In the solution part, we can observe some peculiar changes while reporting which are important. For example: ‘Today’ changed to ‘that day’ while reporting, ‘sorry’ changed to ‘apology’ ‘I’ changed to ‘he’, ‘will’ changed to ‘would’, ‘you’ changed to ‘him’
It is very essential to have the above changes while reporting.
It is advised to learn the art of reporting.
Here, are a few examples of the changes:
Tomorrow- The next day
Yesterday- The day before
Today- That day
Tonight- That night
This day- That day
Will- Would
Can- Could
Shall- Should
      5. If the verb inside the quotation marks is in the present tense, then change the verb into the corresponding past tense.
      6. And if it is in the simple past tense, change it into the past perfect tense.
      7. While talking about universal truths, we must not change the sentence
      8. Omit all the inverted commas, question marks and exclamation marks, always end the indirect voice with a full stop.