Question

Change into direct speech. Rama asked Hari if he would change pieces with him​

Answer 1

Answer :

Direct : Rama said to Hari, "Will you change pieces with me ?"

Indirect : Rama asked Hari if he would change pieces with him.

More information :

Direct narration :

• It contains the actual words of the speaker.
• The reported speech is put within inverted commas.
• The first word of reported speech starts with a capital letter.

Indirect narration :

• It reports the speaker's speech without repeating the actual words.
• Here, inverted commas are not used.
• The comma which is dividing by reporting verb from reported speech is removed.
• The tense of reporting verb is never changed.
• All kinds of sentences are changed into assertive sentences.

Answer 2

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Change into direct speech :-

• Rama asked Hari if he would change pieces with him.

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• Rama said to Hari, "Will you change places with me ?"

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What type of speech ?

There are two types of speech :-

• Direct speech
• Indirect speech

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Direct Speech contains the actual word of the speaker ; as -

Direct speech example:

• Sarla said, "My father has a roaring business in Mumbai."
• He said to me, "I am feeling unwell today."

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Indirect Speech gives the substance of the speaker's actual words and not the exact words spoken by him or her ; as -

Indirect Speech example :

• Sarla said that her father had a roaring business in Mumbai.
• He told me that he was feeling unwell that day.

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▶ The actual words of the speaker, given within "inverted commas" are called the Reported Speech.

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▶ In the same way, the verb which introduces the Reported Speech is called the Reporting Verb.

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