Question

Change the following sentence to indirect speech
1) He said, “she has finished her homework”.

2) “we are playing basketball”, they told me.

3) She said, “I will be in Scotland tomorrow.”

4) She said, ‘I may buy a dress’.

Answer 1

Answer:

1) He said that she had finished her homework.

2) They told me that they were playing basketball.

3) She said that she would be in Scotland the next day.

4) She said that she might buy a dress.

Explanation:

To change the direct speech into indirect speech, tense of the reporting verb are changed, inverted commas are removed and the pronouns get changed.

1) Here the direct speech is in Present Perfect tense so we change it to Past Perfect tense. So has finished changes to had finished.

2) In this sentence the direct speech is in Present Continuous tense, so we change it to Past Continuous tense. Therefore, are playing changes to were playing.

3) Here the direct speech is in Future Continuous tense. Will is changed to would here as she has already said that sentence.

4) Here the direct speech is in Future tense so may is changed to might.

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Answer 2

Answer:

1.He said that she had finished her work 2.they told me that they were playing basket ball. 3.she said that she would be in Scotland the next(or the following )day.  4.she said that she might buy a dress

Explanation:

1. Here back shifting ,that is the changes we make to the original verbs in indirect speech because time has passed between the moment of speaking and the time of the report. Present perfect tense 'has finished' becomes past perfect tense, that is had +past participle 'had finished'
2. Here also back shifting occurs. present continuous 'are playing' changes to past continuous form of the reporting verb ' were playing'.
3. we often changes demonstratives (this, that) and adverbs of time and place(now, here, today etc.) because indirect speech happens at a later time than the original speech, and perhaps in a different place. Direct speech changes to adverbs and demonstratives. Here future -' will' changes to future in the past- ' would' and 'tomorrow' becomes ' the next day' or t' the following day' .
4. some modal verbs shift back in time and change in direct speech. Here 'may' (possibility) becomes 'might'.

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