Question

1. Change the following into Reported Speech. a. Rahul said, “I like fiction.” b. Fiona said, “I am writing a letter.” c. The masons said, “We have finished the work.” d. Ayaan said, “I have been selected.” e. Asreet said, “I am working on my story.” f. “I did not go to the party,” said Annanya. g. “I went to the party,” said Aarnav. h. “She hasn’t eaten the breakfast,” informed Simran. i. Inoday said, “I had completed my homework.” j. Ridaan says, “We are going tomorrow.”

Answer 1

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a. Rahul said, “I like fiction.”

• Rahul said that he liked fiction.

b. Fiona said, “I am writing a letter.”

• Fiona said that she was writing a letter.

c. The masons said, “We have finished the work.”

• The Masons said that they had finished the work.

d. Ayaan said, “I have been selected.”

• Ayaan said that he had been selected.

e. Asret said, “I am working on my story.”

• Asret said that he was working on his story.

f. “I did not go to the party,” said Ananya.

• Ananya told that she had not gone to the party.

g. “I went to the party,” said Arnav.

• Arnav said that he had gone to the party.

h. “She hasn’t eaten the breakfast,” informed Simran.

• Simran informed that she hadn't eaten the breakfast.

i. Inodoy said, “I had completed my homework.”

• Inodoy said that he had completed his homework.

j. Ridan says, “We are going tomorrow.”

• Ridan says that they are going tomorrow.

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• The speaker and the reported verb remain unchanged.
• The comma and the quote after the reporting verb are replaced by that.
• If reporting verb is in the present or future tense the reported verb is not changed.
• If the reporting verb is in the past tense, the tense of the reported verb is changed into the corresponding past form.
• If the reporting verb and reported verb are both in the past tense the reported verb jumps over a tense ie the simple past is changed into past perfect and the past continuous into the past perfect continuous.
• The first person in direct speech is changed into the person of speaker.
• The second person of direct speech is changed to the person of the person spoken to.
• The third of the direct speech is not changed.

Answer 2

Answer:

Change the following into Reported Speech. a. Rahul said, “I like fiction.” b. Fiona said, “I am writing a letter.” c. The masons said, “We have finished the work.” d. Ayaan said, “I have been selected.” e. Asreet said, “I am working on my story.” f. “I did not go to the party,” said Annanya. g. “I went to the party,” said Aarnav. h. “She hasn’t eaten the breakfast,” informed Simran. i. Inoday said, “I had completed my homework.” j. Ridaan says, “We are going tomorrow.”

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