Question

change the following into reported speech
1)"Dont try this at home,"the stuntman told the audience.
2)He asked,'When do you intendto make the payment?'

Answer 1

1) Given sentence

"Don't try this at home" ,the stuntman told the audience.

Reported Speech

The stuntman advised the audience to not try this at home.

2) Given sentence

He asked,'When do you intend to make the payment?''

Reported speech

He questioned me whether I intended to make the payment.

SOMETHING TO REMEMBER

• In a reported speech, the commas, exclamations, questions, or any punctuation mark other than full stops disappear.
• The present tense is changed into past tense when the speech is reported.
• If the main verb is already in a past tense, then the tense changes to another past tense

                                                         

Answer 2

Answer:

1) “Dont try this at home,” the stuntman told the audience.

⇴ The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home.

2) He asked, “When do you intend to make the payment?”

⇴ He asked when I intended to make the payment.

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⠀⠀⠀⠀Rules of Narration :

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