Question

4) Write the following sentence in indirect speech.
"Puss is very friendly with people", said the captain.​

Answer 1

Answer:

captain said puss was very friendly

Answer 2

Answer:

Captain said that puss is very friendly with people

Explanation: RULES FOR CHANGING DIRECT SPEECH INTO INDIRECT SPEECH

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

• 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.
• When the verb inside the quotation marks expresses a universal truth, we do not normally change it into the past tense.
• When the reporting verb is in a present or future tense, we do not change the tense of the verb inside the quotation marks.

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