Question

Change the following into reported speech.

1)Maria said, “ Because I was so young, I used to go to bed at 8 p.m. The other

tennis pupils would come in at 11 p.m. and wake me up and order to tidy up

the room and clean it.”​

Answer 1

Answer:

Maria said that because she was so young, she used to go to bed at 8 p.m and further said the other tennis pupils would come in at 11 p.m so wake her up in order to tidy up the room and clean it.

MoRe:

Direct Speech:

♦ Direct speech is used when the words spoken or written down are the actual words spoken by the same person.

• Jone said to him,"You have not done your work."

Indirect Speech:

♦ Indirect or reported speech is used when a person reports direct speech that is he reports orally or writes down the words in an appropriate tense and refers to the original speakers or rights in the third person making other necessary changes.

• Jone told him that he had not done his work.

Changes need to made:-

Here - There

Now - Then

Ago - Before

Last night - The previous night

Today - That day

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