Question

Change from direct to indirect speech:

1. He says 'I will not become an engineer but a doctor'.

2. He said 'I am leaving my files on the table'.

3. I said to my son 'Stop whistling at once'.

4. The tourist said 'What lovely paintings'.

5. The saint said 'Honesty is the best policy'.

6. Kingshuk said 'My father went to the market one hour ago'.

7. 'My father will have gone to the market for twenty years now' said Neha.

8. Sagar said 'I am unwell today'.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. He says that he will not become an engineer but a doctor.

2. He said that he was leaving his files on the table.

3. I ordered my son to stop whistling at once.

4. The tourist exclaimed that the paintings were lovely.

5. The saint said that honesty is the best policy.

6. Kingshuk said that his father had gone to the market one hour before.

7. Neha said that her father would have gone to the market for twenty yards then.

8. Sagar said that he was unwell that day.

Explanation:

• The speaker and the reported verb remain unchanged.
• The comma and quote after the reporting verb are replaced by that.
• If reporting verb is in present or future tense the reported verb is not changed.
• If reporting verb is in past tense, the tense of the reported verb is changed into corresponding past form.
• If reporting verb and reported verb are both in past tense the reported verb jumps over a tense.
• If direct speech states all time truth, the tense of reported verb is not changed.

Answer 2

So, as per the provided question we are said to change the sentences from direct to indirect sentences.

So, let's us first understand that what is meant by direct and indirect speech.

DIRECT NARRATION :-

• It contains the actual words of the speaker.

• Example :- Sarla said, "My father has a roaring business in Delhi."

INDIRECT NARRATION :-

• It reports the speaker's speech without quoting the actual words.

• Example :- Sarla said that her father had a roaring business in Delhi.

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1. He says 'I will not become an engineer but a doctor'.

• He says that he will not become an engineer but a doctor.

2. He said 'I am leaving my files on the table'.

• He said that he was leaving his files on the table.

3. I said to my son 'Stop whistling at once'.

• I ordered my son to stop whistling at once.

4. The tourist said 'What lovely paintings'.

• The tourist exclaimed that the paintings were lovely.

5. The saint said 'Honesty is the best policy'.

• The Saint said that honesty is the best policy.

6. Kingshuk said 'My father went to the market one hour ago'.

• Kingshuk said that his father had went to the market one hour ago.

7. 'My father will have gone to the market for twenty years now' said Neha.

• Neha said that her father would have gone to the market for twenty years then.

8. Sagar said 'I am unwell today'.

• Sagar said that he was unwell today.