Question

02 Change the following
indirect speech
i ---- He said , " I have given a reply to his letter " .
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Answer 1

Indirect speech :-

He said that he has given a reply to his letter.

Answer 2

Topic:- DIRECT & INDIRECT SPEECH

★ Direct speech – Saying something directly by using the exact words of the speaker is known as direct speech. While writing, the original words of the person should be always written inside inverted commas.

• Example:- I said, "I will be going to school from tomorrow".

★ Indirect speech – It can be defined as, saying something what the speaker had said but by making some modifications. Inverted commas should be ignored while writing, in case of indirect speech and It must be in past tense except in two cases:

(a) If it's a universal/general verity.

(b) If it's reporting verb is in present or future tense.

• Example:- I said that I would be going to school from the next day. [Here, the indirect speech of the example given for direct speech has been found].

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Required answer:-

• Direct Speech :: He said, “I have given a reply to his letter”.
• Indirect Speech :: He said that he had given a reply to his letter.

‎‎The inverted commas (“ ”) has been removed. The conjunction "that" has been inserted before the direct verb and the quoted words. The pronoun (I) has been changed to "He" (since the speaker himself pointing as the doer). The tense of the verb is Present Perfect Tense. So, it has been changed to "Past perfect Tense", i.e, 'have done' has been changed to "had done". Finally, the sentence has been ended with a full stop (.).

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