Aarti said to her brother,"I am your sister
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★ QUESTION ★
➬ Aarti said to her brother, "I am your sister".
★ ANSWER ★
➬ Aarti told her brother that she was his sister.
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★ Definition and some important rules are given below ↓ ★
- Direct Speech: Saying directly that what someone has said is called direct speech
- Indirect Speech or Reported Speech : Reporting what somebody has said , without using the actual words
QUESTION:
❶ Aarti said to her brother,"I am your sister".
ANSWER:
➠ Aarti told her brother that she was his sister.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀✮ DEFINITION ✮
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀✫ Direct speech ✫
➵ We may quote the actual words, that is, to report the speech exactly as we had heard or said it without making any change. This is called Direct speech.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀✫ Inirect speech ✫
➵ We may report what is said, without quoting the exact words or changing their meaning. This is called Indirect (or reported) speech.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀✯ RULES ✯
➲ When the reporting or principle verb is in the past Tense, all present tense verbs of the Direct speech are changed into the corresponding past Tense verbs.
➲ If the reporting verb i.e., the main verb in the reporting speech is in the present or the Future Tense, the tense of the verbs in the reported speech will not change.
➲ Words expressing nearness in time or place are generally changed into words expressing distance.
➲ Change of person: The persons of the pronouns and the verbs in the reported speech undergo changes when converted into indirect form.