Question

4. Write rules of change from Direct to Indirect.




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Answer 1

Answer:

1. Omit all inverted commas or quotation marks. End the sentence with a full stop.

2. If the verb inside the inverted commas/quotation marks is in the present tense, change it into the corresponding past tense. If it is in the simple past tense, change it into the past perfect tense.

3. When the verb inside the quotation marks expresses a universal truth, we do not normally change it into the past tense.

4. Use pronouns appropriately.

Note:

When the reporting verb is in a present or future tense, we do not change the tense of the verb inside the quotation marks.