Question

3. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.

a) The teacher said to the class, “I am happy with your results.”

b) The coach said to the team manager, “The team won the match yesterday.”​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) The teacher told the class that she was happy with their results.

b) The coach told the team manager that the team had won the match the day before.

Explanation:

Question:

Rewrite the following sentences into reported speech.

a)The teacher said to the class,"I am happy with your results.

b) The coach said to the team manager,"The team won the match yesterday".

*According to the statement rule,'said to' is changed into 'told'.

*Comma and quotation are removed and 'that's is added.

*Pronouns are changed.

*Tenses are changed.

*So the answer is

a) The teacher told the class that she was happy with their results.

b) The coach told the team manager that the team had won the match the day before.

Answer 2

Answer:

• The teacher told the class that she was happy with their results.

• The coach told the team manager that the team had won the match the previous day.

More:

Direct Speech:

❍ Direct speech is used when the words spoken or written down are the actual words spoken by the same person.

Indirect Speech:

❍ Indirect or reported speech is used when a person reports direct speech that is he reports orally or writes down the words in an appropriate tense and refers to the original speakers or rights in the third person making other necessary changes.

Changes need to made:-

• Here - There
• Now - Then
• Ago - Before
• Last night - The previous night
• Today - That day

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