Question

10. Change indirect speech to direct speech and vice versa: (2)
a. The teacher said, "Boys. I shall give you a test in English today."
b. The inspector said to the people, "We have caught the thief and he will be brought to jail
soon."
c. He asked me if I could write a business letter.
d. Kriti apologized for her mistake.​

Answer 1

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a) The teacher said to the boys that she would give them a test in English that day.

b) The inspector said to the people that they had caught the thief and he would be brought to be jail soon.

c) He said " Can you write a business letter? "

d) Kriti said " I am sorry for my mistake. "

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Some Rules:

$\boxed{\begin{tabular}{c|c}\bf{Direct\:Speech} & \bf{Indirect\:Speech}\\\cline{1-2}is/am/are & was/were\\\cline{1-2}had\:been & no\:change\\\cline{1-2}do & did\\\cline{1-2}did & had done\\\cline{1-2}had\:done & no\:change\\\cline{1-2}will/shall & would\\\cline{1-2}may/can & might/could\\\cline{1-2}would/should/might & no\:change\\\cline{1-2}could/ought\:to/used\:to & no\:change\\\cline{1-2}must & had\:to\end{tabular}}$

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Answer 2

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⇒General Rules :

• Removing of inverted commas.
• Joining Reporting verb + Reported speech by that Connective → that , if , wether to ,etc.
• Changing the verb in Reporting verb → said to → told\asked\enquired\ordered\requested\advised etc

⇒Exception of tense :

1. Universal truth
2. Habitual facts
3. Historical facts
4. Proverb and quatation .
5. Imaginary conditional and Impossible conditional sentences.

⇒Rules for changing pronoun :

1. First pronoun [I,We] change according to subject [Speaker]
2. Second person pronoun [you] change according to object [listener]
3. Third person pronoun [ He,She,They,name,it] don't change.

⇒Time and Nearness Table :

$\begin{tabular}{c | l}Direct speech \\ \cline{1-2}\bold{Ago} & \bold{Before}\\\bold{Here} & \bold{There} \\\bold{Today} &\bold{That day} \\\bold{Tomorrow}& \bold{Next day} \\\bold{Just Now} & \bold{Then} \\\bold{Tonight}& \bold{That Night}\\\end{tabular}$

According to question :

a]  The teacher said, "Boys. I shall give you a test in English today."

⇒ The teacher told the  Boys that she would give them a test in English that day.

b]. The inspector said to the people, "We have caught the thief and he will be brought to jail  soon."

⇒The inspector told the people that they had caught the thief and he would be brought to jail soon.

c] He asked me if I could write a business letter.

⇒ He said "Can you write a  business letter?

d] Kriti apologized for her mistake.

⇒ Kriti said "I am sory for my misatke"