A. Convert to direct or reported speech.
1. He told me that he had just returned from Delhi.
2. He said, “I can drive a car."
3. He said that Nalini had arrived on Sunday.
4. "I always listen to music," she said.
5. She said to me, “You ought to thank him."
6. Rishi said that he was thinking of buying a laptop.
Answers
Answer:
1 he said to me i have just returned from delhi
2 he told me that he can drive a car
3 he told me that nalini had arrived on sunday
4 she told me that she everday listens to music
5 she told me that I must thank him
6 Rishi told me that he was in thoughtof buying a laptop.
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The correct answer is:
He said,"I just returned from Delhi".
He said that he can drive the car.
He said,"Nalini arrived on Sunday".
She said that she always listens to music.
She suggested me that I should thank her.
Rishi said,"I am thinking of buying new laptop".
Explanation-
Direct speech – reporting the message of the speaker in the exact words as spoken by him.
Direct speech example: Maya said ‘I am busy now’.
Indirect speech: reporting the message of the speaker in our own words
Indirect speech example: Maya said that she was busy then.
Rules for converting Direct into Indirect speech
Rule 1 – Direct To Indirect Speech Conversion – Reporting Verb
When the reporting verb of direct speech is in past tense then all the present tenses are changed to the corresponding past tense in indirect speech.
Direct to indirect speech example:
Direct: She said, ‘I am happy’.
Indirect: She said (that) she was happy.
In indirect speech, tenses do not change if the words used within the quotes (‘’) talk of a habitual action or universal truth.
Direct to indirect speech example:
Direct: He said, ‘We cannot live without air’.
Indirect: He said that we cannot live without air.
The tenses of direct speech do not change if the reporting verb is in the future tense or present tense.
Direct to indirect speech example:
Direct: She says/will say, ‘I am going’
Indirect: She says/will say she is going.
Rule 2 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech conversion – Present Tense
Present Perfect Changes to Past Perfect.
Direct to indirect speech example:
Direct: “I have been to Boston”, she told me.
Indirect: She told me that she had been to Boston.
Present Continuous Changes to Past Continuous
Direct to indirect speech example:
Direct: “I am playing the guitar”, she explained.
Indirect: She explained that she was playing the guitar.
Rule 3 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech conversion – Past Tense & Future Tense
Simple Past Changes to Past Perfect
Direct to indirect speech example:Direct: She said, “Irvin arrived on Sunday.”
Indirect: She said that Irvin had arrived on Sunday.
Past Continuous Changes to Past Perfect Continuous
Direct to indirect speech example
Direct: “We were playing basketball”, they told me.
Indirect: They told me that they had been playing basketball.
Future Changes to Present Conditional
Direct to indirect speech example
Future Continuous Changes to Conditional Continuous
Direct to indirect speech example
Direct: He said, “I’ll be disposing of the old computer next Tuesday.”
Indirect: He said that he would be disposing of the old computer the following Tuesday.
Rule 4 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech Conversion – Interrogative Sentences
No conjunction is used, if a sentence in direct speech begins with a question (what/where/when) as the “question-word” itself acts as a joining clause.
Direct to indirect speech example
If a direct speech sentence begins with an auxiliary verb/helping verb, the joining clause should be if or whether.
Rule 5 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech Conversion – Changes in Modals
While changing direct speech to indirect speech, the modals used in the sentences change like:
Can becomes could
May becomes might
Must becomes had to /would have to
Check the examples:
There are modals that do not change – Could, Would, Should, Might, Ought to
Direct: She said, ‘I should clean the house’
Indirect: She said that she should clean the house.
Rule 6 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech Conversion – Pronoun
The first person in direct speech changes as per the subject of the speech.
Direct speech to indirect speech examples-
The second person of direct speech changes as per the object of reporting speech.
Direct speech to indirect speech examples –
Direct: She says to them, “You have done your work.”
Indirect: She tells them that they have done their work.
The third person of direct speech doesn’t change.
Direct speech to indirect speech examples –
Direct: He says, “She dances well.”
Indirect: He says that she dances well.
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