Question

(change into indirect speech)
(2) Sheela said, " Her students will be trying to read me like a book. (3) the newspaper reporter said ," the fire broke out after 12o'clock before the arrival of minister.​

Answer 1

ANSWER :

• Sheela said, "Her students will be trying to read me like a book."

➨ Sheela said that her students would be trying to read her like a book.

• The newspaper reporter said, "The fire broke out after 12 O' clock before the arrival of minister."

➨ The newspaper reporter said that the fire had broken out after 12 O' clock before the arrival of minister.

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KNOW MORE :

❒ Types of Speech :-

• ➬ Direct Speech

• ➬ Indirect Speech

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❒ Direct Speech :-

• ➬ In Direct Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed in the same way that it is said by the speaker i.e, with speech marks and using exactly the same words.

• ➬ The words of the speaker are kept within Inverted Comma (" ") in Direct Speech and there we need to use Comma (,) between the Reporting Verb and Direct Speech.

• ➬ The verb that introduce the Direct Speech is called Reporting Verb.

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❒ Indirect Speech :-

• ➬ In Indirect Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed without speech marks and without necessarily using exactly the same words, keeping the meaning same.

• ➬ Unlike Direct Speech, there is the need of using "that" or any necessary conjunction instead of the the Comma (,) in Indirect Speech.

• ➬ There is also needed some grammatical changes while changing the speech from Direct speech to Indirect Speech.