Question

AS) Language study: Do as directed
1. Find out the correct transformation of narration for following sentence.
He continued, "There is no room for the pebbles or the rocks,
a. He said there was no room for the pebbles or the rocks
b. He continued that there is no room lor the pebbles or the rocks,
c. He continued that there was no room for the pebbles or the rocks.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a. He said there was no room for the pebbles or the rocks

Explanation:

• Here, we do not apply continue as we are describing the past form of the sentence.

• Plus, we also need to keep a check on the verb form as well.

• Here, the verb is past tense, so we'd to look out for was in the sentence.

• Next, we also had to check whether there was any pronominal correction required or not.

That completes the investigation of the grammar in the sentence$.$

Answer 2

Answer:

$\bigstar$ Do as directed :

$\leadsto$ Find out the correct transformation of narrative for the following sentence.

$\longmapsto$ He continued, "There is no room for the pebbles or the rocks.

$\implies$ a) He said there was no room for the pebbles or the rocks.

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EXTRA INFORMATION :-

✪ Direct Speech :

• A sentences that expresses the conversation of the person speaking or listening in double quotes is called direct speech.
• In such a case, the name of the speaker and listener is given outside the quotation mark along with their reporting verb.

Example :

$\longrightarrow$ Ram said to Sam, "You are busy now".

We can see that at the above sentences :

• Ram - Speaker
• Sam - Listener
• Said to - Reporting verb

✪ Indirect Speech :

• Indirect speech is when the conversation between the speaker and the listener is not written as it is, the reporting verb.
• When writing any sentences in indirct speech, the (,) and double quotation marks are removed and the answer is given at the end (.) .

Example :

$\longrightarrow$ Ram told Sam that he was busy then.

We can see at the that above sentences :

• Ram - Speaker
• Sam - Listener
• Told - Reporting verb
• That - Conjunction