Change the following sentences from direct speech into indirect speech
a. She says, “I eat an apple a day.
b. She says, “She sang a song.
c. He says, “He wants to buy this book.”.
d. She says,. “Everybody was here.”
e. They say, “It’s ten o’clock now.”
Answers
Answer:
she says that she eats an apple a day
she says that she sang a song
he says that he wants to buy this book
she says that everybody was here
they say that it's ten o clock now
Explanation:
tense won't change coz the reporting verb is in present tense
Answer:
a. She said that she eats an apple a day.
b. She said that she sang a song.
c. He said that he wants to buy that book.
d. She said that everybody was there.
e. They said that it was ten o'clock then.
Explanation:
a. 'eat' changes to 'eats' since it's a universal truth.
b. Simple past tense remains the same.
c. 'this' turns into 'that'.
d. 'here' turns into 'there'.
e. Present tense changes to simple past, and thus 'now' turns into 'then'.
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