Question

C)Rewrite the direct speech as reported speech: (5)

1. I'll send you a postcard.' He told us ____

2. 'We've bought a new car.' They told me _____

3. 'I don't speak German.' She said _____

4. 'You failed your art exam.' You said ____

5. 'I can't drive.' He said________​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. he told us that he would send us postcard

2. they told me that they had bought a new car

3. she said that she didn't speak German

4. you said that we failed our art exam

5.he said he could not drive .

Answer 2

The direct speech is written as reported speech below:

Answers:

1. He told us that he would send us a postcard.

2. They told me that they had bought a new car.

3. She said that she didn't speak German.

4. You said that you had failed your art exam.

5. He said that he couldn't drive.

• In this question, we are asked to transform the given direct speech into reported speech. The transformation is done above.

• Reported speech is a form of speech where the message of a speaker is said to someone else in our own words. In this speech form, quotation mark is not used as we are not conveying the exact words of the speaker.

• Whereas direct speech is that form of speech in which the exact words of the speaker is conveyed to someone else and hence using quotation marks are necessary.

• We can use verbs like said, told, requested, inquired, exclaimed, ordered, complained, etc, while constructing a sentence in reported form of speech.

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