Question

Change into indirect speech.

Answer 1

Change into Indirect speech:

1. He said, 'Oh, that's not fair!'

He exclaimed with sorrow that it was not fair.

2. He said,  'How cruel the hunter is!'

He remarked that he was a very cruel hunter.

3. He said, 'What a nuisance humans are!

He remarked that humans were a nuisance.

There are two kinds of speeches.  

1. Direct Speech:    

In Direct speech, we repeat the exact words by the speaker. Reporting speech is placed between inverted commas. For example, He said, " I have lost my pen".

2. Indirect Speech:    

In Indirect Speech, we repeat in our own words what is said by the speaker. generally, we use "said that" in this speech. For example, He said that he had lost his pen.

When we change direct speech to indirect speech:

present simple changed to past simple

present continuous changed to past continuous

present perfect changed to past perfect.