Question

Change narration :
He said ," Honesty is the best policy."

Answer 1

Direct :

He said,"Honesty is the best policy."

Indirect :

He said that Honesty is the best policy.

Narration :

The art of saying is known as narration.

Anything can be Said in two types :

• Direct Speech

• Indirect Speech

Answer 2

The question is answered below-

1. The question requires changing the narration of the given sentence.

2. The sentence is given in a direct speech. It has to be transformed into reported or indirect speech.

3. When the sentence is transformed in reported speech, the sentence becomes-

He said that honesty is the best policy.

4. While changing into the indirect speech, the quotations are omitted. Everything else remains unchanged because the sentence happens to be a universal truth. Facts and universal truths are kept unchanged while changing their speech.