Question

Change the following into indirect speech :
The teacher said, “Two and two make four.”
Choose the correct sentence from the following:
(1) The teacher said that two and two made four.
(2) The teachers says that two and two made four.
(3) The teacher said that two and two makes four.
(4) The teacher says that two and two make four.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Teacher said that two and two makes four

As we knew that the tense of Universal truths won't change...And Hence the Answer is . . . .

Teacher said that two and two makes four.

Answer 2

Change the following into indirect speech :

The teacher said, “Two and two make four.”

The teacher said that two and two makes four.

• the given sentence is in direct speech where the exact words of the teacher is quoted within the quotation marks.
• when we convert it into indirect speech , the quotation marks are removed .
• the above sentence is a universal fact and therefore it remains in present tense.