Question

change the following exchange into reported speech (1) Ben: have you got the receipt of the premium ; Mrs.slater: I have not seen it​

Answer 1

QuesTions :-

(i) Ben : Have you got the receipt of the premium ?

(ii) Mrs. Slater : I have not seen it​.

⇻ These statements are in Direct speech.

⇻ They are to be changed in Indirect Speech.

AnswErs :-

(i) Ben asked Mrs. Slater if I had got the receipt of the premium.

(ii) Mrs. Slater replied that she had not seen it.

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※ General rules for changing direct speech into indirect speech :-

► Omit all inverted commas or quotation marks. End the sentence with a full stop.

► If the verb inside the inverted commas/quotation marks is in the present tense, change it into the corresponding past tense.

► If it is in the simple past tense, change it into the past perfect tense.

► Use pronouns appropriately.

Answer 2

• Ben asked Mrs. Slater if I had got the receipt of the premium.
• Mrs. Slater replied that she had not seen it.

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