Question

Assertive sentence into reported speech​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The reporter said that the prime minister had announced a relief package for the farmers.

2. Mohit says (that) he will invite all his friends to his birthday party.

3. Amar told Priya that his teacher had granted him two weeks' leave.

I'm not sure about the 2nd one. It could be either:

i) Mohit says (that) he will invite all his friends to his birthday party.

ii) Mohit said (that) he will invite all his friends to his birthday party.

Answer 2

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(1) The reporter informed that the Prime Minister had announced a relief package for the farmers.

(2) Mohit says that he will invite all his friends to his birthday party.

• Explanation : If the reporting verb introducing direct speech is in the present or future tense, the tense of the verb in the reported speech does not change.

(3) Amar told Priya that his class teacher had agreed to grant him two weeks' leave.

Extra Information ↴

(1) The reporting verb generally changes into tell, but in order to clarify the tone or meaning, we may use expressions like answer, reply, inform, remark instead of say or tell.

(2) The reported speech is introduced by the conjunction that.

(3) Inverted commas and the comma after the reporting verb are removed in indirect speech.

(4) We usually place the reported speech after the conjunction that in order to make it clear that we are reporting and not speaking directly.