Question

3. Change the direct speech into indirect speech. a) She says, "I have not paid the fee​

Answer 1

Answer:

she said that she hasn't paid the fee.

Answer 2

The indirect speech of the given sentence is as follows :

She says that she has not paid the fee.

• Since the reporting verb 'says' is in the simple present tense, therefore the verb of the subordinate clause remains in the present tense in indirect speech.
• The 'comma' changes into 'that'.
• Since the first-person pronoun 'I' changes to 'she', 'have' changes to its singular form 'has' in indirect speech.