A. Change the following into reported speech.
1. He said, "It has been raining heavily these days."
2. They say, "We arrived here by the early bus this morning."
3. The doctor said to her, "You can consult me again next week."
4. The notice says, "People who smoke here will be fined."
5. She is saying, "I'm sure he will arrive tomorrow."
6. They said to her, "we met your dad here yesterday."
7. He said to them, "You broke this bench last week."
8. Everyone will say, "We don't like these pictures."
9. We said to her, "We believe you will meet him tomorrow."
10. Rina: I'll tell you exactly what happened, Rohit.
Answers
Answer:
1. He said that it had been raining heavily those days.
2. They told us that They arrived there by the early bis that morning.
3. The doctor consulted her to met him again next week.
4. The notice said that people whi smoke there will be fined.
5. She was sure that he will be arriving the day after.
6. they told her that they met her dad there the day before.
7. he told them that they broke the bench last week.
8. Everyone would say tht they did not like those picture.
9. Everyone made her believe that she will meet him the next day.
10. Rima told Rohit that she will be telling him what exactly happened.
Answers:
1. He said that it has been raining heavily those days.
2. They say that they arrived there by the early bus that morning.
3. The doctor told her that she could consult him again the next week.
4. The notice says that people who smoke there would be fined.
5. She is saying that she is sure he would arrive the next day.
6. They told her that they met her dad there the previous day.
7. He told them that they broke that bench the previous week.
8. Everyone will say that they don't like those pictures.
9. We told her that we believed her and we would meet him the next day.
10. Rina told Rohith that she would tell him exactly what happened.
Knowledge Bytes:
→ Indirect Speech
When we are reporting a conversation between two people to someone else, we are using indirect or reported speech. In reported speech, we usually use past tense with minute changes in words in some cases [such as the ones mentioned below]:
✳ Today - that day
✳ Yesterday - the previous day
✳ Last week - the previous week
and so on......