Question

“Be calm and listen to my speech “,she said.( change into indirect speech)

Answer 1

Answer:

she said that be calm and listen to her speech

Answer 2

She advised me to be calm and listen to her speech.

Explanation:

• The given question must be converted into its reported form.
• When a sentence is transformed into indirect form, we must not use comma and quotation marks.
• The sentence within the quotations is  an imperative sentence. That is they express an advice, order or a request.
• Here it shows an advice.
• So we must use the word 'advised'. The tense cannot be modified in reported speech for an imperative type.
• The verb takes the infinitive form (ie) 'to' + verb. So we must use 'to be calm and listen'.
• Therefore the reported speech form is: She advised me to be calm and listen to her speech.