Question

10 Change the following into reported speech :
"How many shoes did you say you had ?" said Peggy
"Sixty pairs. All lined up in my closet, "replied Wanda
Cries of exaggerated politeness greeted this . "All alike ?"​

Answer 1

Question explanation :

• We need to change the given lines into their indirect form or say into reported speech .
• The sentences given are as below :

1. "How many shoes did you say you had ?" said Peggy
2. "Sixty pairs. All lined up in my closet, "replied Wanda
3. Cries of exaggerated politeness greeted this . "All alike ?"

Required answer :

1. Peggy asked how many shoes did she say she had .
2. Wanda replied with cries of exaggerated politeness that sixty pairs . All lined up in her closet .
3. Peggy asked in a taunting way that whether she had all of them alike .

Required explanation :

• The above given sentences are in direct form of speech and we have to convert them into indirect speech .
• While changing the speech of a sentence we write it in such a manner like it is being conveyed from a third person to the other
• In direct speech we have dialogues while we are conversing with each other and this involves the first person and the second person .
• Whereas in indirect speech the third person narrates are dialogue to someone else .

Answer 2

Answer:

Peggy asked how many shoe did she say she had. Wanda replied that sixty pair ahe had which are all lined up in her closet. She cries exaggerated and asked if they all are alike.