Question

(3) Rewrite the following sentence using Indirect Speech :
My mother replied, "It does not matter to me that I will not see the
flowers in full bloom."​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Speech :

My mother replied, "It does not matter to me that I will not see the

Answer 2

My mother replied that it did not matter to her that she would not see the flowers in full bloom.

In the above sentence, we have been provided a sentence that is in direct speech. It has been changed to indirect speech in the solution that has been provided.

There are certain points that should be kept in mind while making these conversions. They are as follows-

• All quotations should be completely removed.
• The tone of speech must be understood and the proper verb should be used. For example, a teacher while talking to the whole class generally announces something.
• There should be a change in the tense. The message should be in past tense or forms of past tense.
• There should be no change in the intended meaning of the sentence.