Question

change into reported speech
1. She says, 'The book is mine.'
2. Neha says, 'I have a new dress.'
3. He said, 'She wrote the report in detail.'​

Answer 1

Changing the given sentences into reported speech:

1. SHe said that the book was hers.

2. Neha said that she had a new dress.

3. He said that she had written the report in detail.

• direct speech is where the speaker's words are directly quoted.
• For indirect speech or reported speech, the exact words of the speaker are not given. They are said from a third-person perspective.
• if direct speech is in the present tense, indirect speech is in the past tense.
• inverted commas are not used in indirect speech, unlike direct speech.

Answer 2

Answer:

she says that the book is mine