Question

a) The priest said, “I offered him a chance to improve". - CHANGE INTO INDIRECT SPEECH​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The priest said that he had offered him a chance to improve.

Answer 2

Given:

The priest said, “I offered him a chance to improve."

What To Do:

We have to change the above sentence in indirect speech.

Answer:

The priest said that he had offered him a chance to improve.

Here,

• The tense changed.
• The pronun 'I' changed to 'he'.
• The inverted commas and comma are omitted.

Direct Speech:

When the person speaks or write the sentence of the another person accurately then it is called direct speech.

Indirect Speech:

When the person speaks or write the sentence of the another person not accurately then it is called indirect speech.