Question

8. (a) Change any one of the following into indirect form
of speech :
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() Ramu said to me, "The sun seta in the west."
(ii) My friend said to me. "Had you gone to your
college yesterday?"​

Answer 1

ANSWER :

(1)

• ✠ Direct Speech :-

➨ Ramu said to me, "The sun sets in the west."

• ✠ Indirect Speech :-

➨ Ramu told me that the sun sets in the west.

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(2)

• ✠ Direct Speech :-

➨ My friend said to me. "Had you gone to your college yesterday?"

• ✠ Indirect Speech :-

➨ My friend asked me whether I had gone to my college the previous day.

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KNOW MORE :

❒ Types of Speech :-

• ➬ Direct Speech

• ➬ Indirect Speech

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❒ Direct Speech :-

• ➬ In Direct Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed in the same way that it is said by the speaker i.e, with speech marks and using exactly the same words.

• ➬ The words of the speaker are kept within Inverted Comma (" ") in Direct Speech and there we need ti use Comma (,) between the Reporting Verb and Direct Speech.

• ➬ The verb that introduce the Direct Speech is called Reporting Verb.

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❒ Indirect Speech :-

• ➬ In Indirect Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed without speech marks and without necessarily using exactly the same words, keeping the meaning same.

• ➬ Unlike Direct Speech, there is the need of using "that" or any necessary conjunction instead of the the Comma (,) in Indirect Speech.

• ➬ There is also needed some grammatical changes while changing the speech from Direct speech to Indirect Speech.