Question

Change into indirect speech:
1. Rohan will say,"I can't come."
2. Ramesh said,"I share a large pizza with my friend."
3. Nisha said,"I am baling a cake for my daughter."
4. The boys says,"Vinay is leaving for the day."
5. Mother said,"Honesty is the best policy."
6. She says,"The book is mine."
7. He said to me,"I enjoyed the ice cream."
8. She said,"I am relaxing in the garden."

Answer 1

Topic – Direct and Indirect Speech:

AnSWeRS:

1. Rohan will say that he can't come .
2. Ramesh told that he shared a large pizza with his friend .
3. Nisha tolf that she was baking a cake for her daughter .
4. The boys said that Vinay was leaving for the day .
5. Mother told that Honesty is the best policy .
6. She said that the book was hers .
7. He told me that he had enjoyed the ice cream.
8. She told that she was relaxing in the garden.

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How verbs change in reported speech?

Direct Speech⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Indirect Speech

Simple present⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Simple past

Present continuous⠀⠀⠀Past continuous

Present perfect⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Past Perfect

Present perfect Past perfect continuous⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ continuous ⠀

Simple past⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Past perfect

Past continuous⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Past perfect ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀continuous

Past perfect⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Past perfect

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Suppose your teacher told you that you were the most intelligent boy in your class. You want to convey this to your parents. You can do it in either of these two ways:

1. My teacher said to me, “You are the most intelligent boy in the class.”
2. My teacher told me that I was the most intelligent boy in the class.

In sentence 1, you have repeated your teacher's exact words. In order to make it clear that you are repeating the words actually spoken by the teacher, they are put within Quotation marks ("... ..."). This method of quoting someone is called Direct Speech or Narration.

In sentence 2, you have put in your own words what the teacher said. This method of quoting someone is called Indirect Speech or Narration.

What is Direct Speech?

• When the exact words used by a speaker are reproduced within Quotation Marks, it is called Direct Speech.

What is Indirect Speech?

• When the substance of a speech is conveyed in the reporter's words, it is called Indirect Speech

Things to Remember in Direct and Indirect Speech:–

In Direct Speech -

1. The exact words of the speaker are put within Inverted Commas (“ ”).
2. The Direct Speech is separated from the remaining sentence by a Comma ( , ).
3. The first word of the Reported Speech begins with a Capital Letter.

In Indirect Speech -

1. No Inverted Commas are used.
2. No Comma is used to separate the Reported speech from the rest of the sentence.
3. A Conjunction, if necessary, is used to join the Reported Speech with the rest of the sentence.
4. The Tense of the Verb undergoes a change. (The Tense of the Verb in the Reported Speech is changed from Present to Past).

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Rohan will say that he can't come.

2. Ramesh said that he will share a large pizza with his friend.

3. Nisha said that she is baking a cake for her daughter.

4. The boys say that Vinay is leaving for the day.

5. Mother said that Honesty is the best policy.

6. She says that the book is hers.

7. He told me that he enjoyed the ice cream.

8. She said that she is relaxing in the garden.

Explanation:

The above-given sentences are in the direct form of speech and we have to convert them into indirect speech. While changing the speech of a sentence we write it in such a manner that it is being conveyed from a third person to the other. In direct speech, we have dialogues while we are conversing with each other and this involves the first person and the second person. Whereas in an indirect speech the third person narrates are dialogue to someone else.

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