Question

Change into indirect speech.
i. Meenu said, "I called her yesterday."
ii. He said, "Will you do me a favour?"
iii. She said to me, "When are you coming?"
iv
She said, "We are happy here."​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. "I called her yesterday", said Meenu.
2. "Will you do me a favour?", asked he.
3. "When are you coming", she asked me.
4. "We are happy here", said she.

Answer 2

ANSWER :

• i. Meenu said, "I called her yesterday."

➪Meenu said that she had called her the previous day.

• ii. He said, "Will you do me a favour?"

➪ He asked whether I would do him a favour.

• iii. She said to me, "When are you coming?"

➪ She asked me when I was coming.

• iv. She said, "We are happy here."

➪ She said that they were happy there.

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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.