Question

Change the following sentence in to Reported Speech. (1) ii) I want to paint the wall. She said that …………………………​

Answer 1

She said that she wanted to paint the wall.

• The speech generally refers to talking about the past. When a sentence is altered to indirect speech then the verbs and subjects in a sentence are changed.
• Some of the verbs used are - said, asked, advised, decide, apologise, agree etc.
• For example, She says, “I eat an orange a day.” is a direct speech, whereas She says that she eats an orange a day is an indirect speech.
• Thus, the correct sentence is - She said that she wanted to paint the wall.

Answer 2

Answer:

• The given sentence is in form of direct speech, so its indirect speech is : She said that she wanted to paint the wall.

• Here reporting verb is 'she said' and reported speech is 'I want to paint the wall'. According to reported speech it is written in simplest present tense and reporting verb is in past form, 'said'.

• Present Indefinite tense always turns into past indefinite tense in indirect speech, that's why 'want' has changed into 'wanted.' In Indirect speech 'that' is used as a linker.