Question

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. Convert the following into Indirect Speech.
M. Hamel said to his students, "Your parents were not anxious enough
to have you learn. They preferred to put you to work on a farm or at the
mills, so as to have a little more money. And I? I've been to blame also.
Have I not often sent you to water my flowers instead of learning your
lessons?"​

Answer 1

Answer:

M. Hamel told his students that there parents were not anxious enough to had them learn. They( parents) preferred to put them(students) to work on a farm or at the mills, so as to have a little more money. And he(m.hamel) ? He had been to blame also. Had he not often sent them (students) to water his flowers instead of learning their lessons.

Answer 2

The sentence converted to indirect speech will be, "M. Hamel told his students that their parents were not anxious enough to have them learn. They preferred to put them to work on a farm or at the mills, so as to have a little more money. He also is to be blamed because he has often sent them to water his flowers instead of learning their lessons."

• When we have to explain what another person said, we can do it in two forms, namely, direct speech and indirect speech.

• Direct speech- direct speech is used when one is describing what somebody else said by repeating the sentence. This kind of speech mainly describes what someone said or someone's sentence. The same use of words in quotes is done. For example: Mohit said, "I can't wait for the bus".

• Indirect speech- Indirect speech on the other hand is a reporting action. When someone wants to report or inform what someone said by not necessarily using the same words it becomes indirect speech. For example: Mohit said that he can't wait for the bus.

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