Question

Change into Direct Speech. Rita said that she studied five hours every day​

Answer 1

Rita said,"I have studied five hours every day".

Answer 2

The answer is as follows:

Rita said, " I study five hours every day."

Direct and Indirect Speech

• Direct speech refers to the statements spoken directly by the speaker. Indirect speech refers to the reported speech.

• While changing the given sentence in the indirect speech, 'that' is removed and replaced by the comma.

• The subordinate clause is kept in double quotation marks. 'She' changes to 'I.'

• Since simple past tense is used in indirect speech, it changes to simple present tense while writing the direct speech. 'Studied' changes to 'study.'