Question

1.He said,"I am busy."
2.The boy said,"I can do it."
3.The boy said,"My father went to guntur."
4.She said to me,"I am writing a poem."
5.He said,"i have posted the letter."
change into indirect speech

Answer 1

1.He told that he was busy.

2.The boy told that he could do it.

3.The boy told that his father went to guntur.

4.She told me that she was writing a poem.

5.He told that he had posted the letter.

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Answer 2

Answer :

1) He said that he was busy.

2) The boy said that he could do it.

3) The boy said that his father had gone to guntur.

4) She told me that she was writing a poem.

5) He said that he had posted the letter.

Additional information :

• Direct speech :-

The message of the speaker is reported in his own actual words without any change.

• Indirect speech :-

The message of the speaker is reported in our own words.

★ Some rules while changing into indirect speech :-

• All inverted commas and question mark are omitted and the sentence ends with full stop.
• 'That ’ is added before the indirect statement in Assertive Sentence , ‘ If /whether ’ is added before the indirect statement in interrogative sentence.
• Even present tense will be converted into past tense.

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