Question

13. "Hey, lady." Said the conductor, "aren't you ready to get off? This is as far as your thirty paise
takes you."
"No," Valli said," "I'm going back on this same bus." She took another thirty paise from her
pocket and handed the coins to the conductor. change direct to indirect. (plz ans my question)​

Answer 1

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The conductor called the lady and asked further if she was ready to get off or not. He further added that that was as far as her thirty paise took her.

Valli contradicted and added that she was going back on that same bus.

She took another thirty paise from her pocket and handed the coins to the conductor.

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Direct speech :-

• It is repeated as it was said.
• It is written in the pair of inverted commas.

Indirect speech :-

• It involves reporting and describing what was said.
• It is not written in the pair of inverted commas.

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Answer 2

Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.

Example: Mila said, "I'm organizing a party." (Direct)

                 Mila said that she was organizing a party. (Indirect)

In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day', 'will' changes to 'would', 'can' changes to 'could' and many other words will have to be made. Also, if the sentence contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.

Direct:

"Hey, lady" said the conductor. "Aren't you ready to get off? This is as far as your thirty paise  takes you."  "No," Valli said. "I'm going back on this same bus." She took another thirty paise from her  pocket and handed the coins to the conductor.

Indirect:

The conductor called the lady and asked if she was ready to get off or not. He further added that that was as far as her thirty paise took her. Valli declined and added that she was going back on that same bus. She took another thirty paise from her pocket and handed the coins to the conductor.