Question

3] He said to me,“I am leaving for Delhi that night.” [choose the correct indirect narration.] * ​

Answer 1

Change into indirect Narration :-

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1. He said to me, "I am leaving for Delhi that night".

Ans. He told me that he was leaving for Delhi that night.

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Answer 2

❒ Required Answer :

• He told me that he was leaving for Delhi that night.

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❍ How verbs change in reported speech?

$\boxed{\boxed {\begin{array}{ |c |c|} \sf{\bf{\underline{Direct \: Speech}}}&\sf{\bf{\underline{Indirect \: Speech}}} \\ \\ \sf{Simple \: present} & \sf{Simple \: past} \\ \\ \sf{Present \: continuous }& \sf{Past \: continuous} \\ \\ \sf{Present \: perfect}& \sf{Past \: Perfect} \\ \\ \sf{Present \: perfect \: continuous }&\sf{Past \: Perfect \: continuous} \\ \\ \sf{Simple \: past}&\sf{Past \: perfect} \\ \\ \sf{Past \: \: perfect }&\sf{Past \: Perfect } \end{array}}}$

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There are two ways of reporting what someone has spoken :

a) When the exact words spoken by a person are used , it is called direct speech.

b) When the words spoken by a person are put in our own words , it is called indirect speech.

Related information:

• The exact words of the speaker, written within Quotation marks or Inverted commas (“ ”) is called Reported speech.

• The verb that introduces the Reported speech is called a Reporting verb