Question

chang einto indirect speech
-She said, ‘Why didn’t you send a friend request to me?’
-Manager said to Shekher, ‘Why didn’t you attend the meeting yesterday?’
-I asked my sister, ‘have you return the mobile phone to your friend?’

Answer 1

Answer:

• She said, ‘Why didn’t you send a friend request to me?’

Indirect speech: She asked why I didn't send a friend request to her.

• Manager said to Shekher, ‘Why didn’t you attend the meeting yesterday?’

Indirect speech: Manager asked Shekher why he didn't attend the meeting the previous day.

• I asked my sister, ‘have you return the mobile phone to your friend?’

Indirect speech: I asked my sister if she had returned the mobile phone to her friend.

Explanation:

We were required to convert direct speech to indirect speech!!

To change the speech of a sentence from direct to indirect,

◆ The subject of the direct form is to be put in indirect form.

◆ Indirect speech is primarily in the past tense.

◆ Words are to be changed:

In declarative sentences :  

» said to ➡ told      

» said ➡ said that  

In interrogative sentences :    

»said to ➡ ask  

Common words:  

» this ➡ that      

» these ➡ those    

» tomorrow ➡ next day    

» today  ➡ that day    

» yesterday ➡ the previous day

Answer 2

Required Answers:–

1. She asked why I didn't send a friend request to her.
2. Manager asked Shekher why he didn't attend the meeting the previous day.
3. I asked my sister if she had returned the mobile phone to her friend.

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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

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★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 :-

1. My friend said to me, "You have a good handwriting. (Direct speech)
2. 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