Question

27. Report the following dialogue :
Father :What do you want, my son?
Shiva : I need a new rain -coat ,father.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Father asked his son what he wanted.

shiva replied his father that he needed a new raincoat.

Answer 2

The answers are as follows:

Father asked his son what he wanted.

Shiva told his father that he needed a new raincoat.

Direct and Indirect Speech

• Direct speech refers to the statements spoken directly by the speaker. The indirect speech is also called the reported speech.

• Both the sentences are given in active voice. Thus, while changing them into indirect speech, we have to assume the reporting verb in the simple past tense.

• The subordinate clauses are written in the past tense in the indirect speech.