Question

Anand said, "Ashwin, I'm going to see a film tomorrow." rewrite using indirect speech​

Answer 1

REQUIRED ANSWER:

• Given Sentence: Anand said, "Ashwin, I'm going to see a film tomorrow."

• AnsweR: Anand told Ashwin that he was going to saw a film the next day.

EXPLANATION:

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★How the tense changed?

• Present Simple → Past Simple

• Present Continuous → Past Continuous

• Present Perfect → Past Perfect

• Present Perfect Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Simple → Past Perfect

• Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Perfect → No change

• Past Perfect Continuous → No change

★There are two ways of reporting what someone has spoken:-

a) When the exact words spoken by a person are used , it is called direct speech.

b) When the words spoken by a person are put in our own words , it is called indirect speech.

★FOR EXAMPLE:-

Suppose your friend told you that you have a good handwriting. You want to convey this to your parents.You can do it in either of these two ways :-

• My friend said to me, "You have a good handwriting. (Direct speech)

• My friend told me that I had a good handwriting.(indirect speech)

★RELATED INFORMATION:

• The exact words of the speaker, written within Quotation marks or Inverted commas (“ ”) is called Reported speech.

• The verb that introduces the Reported speech is called a Reporting verb

Answer 2

Answer:

Anand told ashwin that he was going to saw a film the next day