Question

Change into indirect speech: 1. He said ," I have not worked hard " 2. The policeman said," I caught two thieves last night. I am going to produce them before the megistrate now.​

Answer 1

1. He said he had not worked hard.

2. The policeman said that he had caught two thieves the previous night. He informed that he was going to produce them before the magistrate then.

To convert to indirect speech:

Step 1 - Remove the inverted commas.

Step 2 - Change words like 'said' to 'asked' since it a requesting imperative setence.

Step 3 - Change the tense to simple past tense by changing words like 'will' to 'would'.

Step 4 - Make sure it is a not in the form of an interrogative or exclamatory sentence.