Question

Change the following sentences from direct to indirect speech
1.I said to him ,"You are an intelligent boy."
2.Rohit says to me ,"I am a good student."
3.She says to me,"I will visit your house tomorrow."
4.I said to her,"What are you doing?"
5.The teacher said,"Do not make a noise."
6.Raveena said to her mother,"Give me some food to eat."
7.I said to my father,"Please allow to me to go on a tour."
8.They said,"We will attend the function tomorrow."
9.She said to me ,"Will you come to school tomorrow?"
10.He said," May god bless you with wealth!"
11.They said,"Hurrah!We won the match."
12.The servant said,"Please give me a leave for a day."
13.The traveller said,"What a fine bird it is!"
14.The friends said,"Wish you a happy new year."
15.The gardener said,"Do not enter the garden."​

Answer 1

Answers!!

1) I told him that he was an intelligent boy

2) Rohit says to me that he is a good student.

3) She says to me that she will visit my house the next day.

4) I asked her what she was doing.

5) The teacher said not to make a noise.

6) Raveena told her mother to give her some food to eat.

7) I requested my father to allow me to go on a tour.

8) They said that they would attend the function the next day.

9) She asked me if I would come to school the next day.

10) He said exclaimed that may god bless you with wealth.

11) They exclaimed with joy that they won the match.

12) The servant pleaded to give him a leave for that day.

13) The traveller exclaimed that it was a fine bird.

14) The friends wished him a happy new year.

15) The gardener cautioned not to enter the garden.

Answer 2

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1. I said to him ,"You are an intelligent boy."

Ans 1- I told him that he was an intelligent boy.

2. Rohit says to me ,"I am a good student."

Ans 2- Rohit said to me that he is a good student.

3. She says to me,"I will visit your house tomorrow."

Ans 3- She says to me that she will visit my house next day.

4. I said to her,"What are you doing?"

Ans 4- I asked her what she was doing?

5. The teacher said,"Do not make a noise."

Ans 5- The teacher said not to make noise.

6. Raveena said to her mother,"Give me some food to eat."

Ans 6- Raveena told her mother to give her some food to eat.

7. I said to my father,"Please allow to me to go on a tour."

Ans 7- I requested my father to allow me to go on a tour.

8. They said,"We will attend the function tomorrow."

Ans 8- They said that they would attend the function next day.

9. She said to me ,"Will you come to school tomorrow?"

Ans 9- She asked me i will come to school next day?

10. He said," May god bless you with wealth!"

Ans 10- He said exclaimed that may god bless you with wealth.

11. They said,"Hurrah!We won the match."

Ans 11- They exclaimed with joy that they won the match.

12. The servant said,"Please give me a leave for a day."

Ans 12- The servant pleaded to give him a leave for that day.

13. The traveller said,"What a fine bird it is!"

Ans 13- The traveller exclaimed that it was a fine bird.

14. The friends said,"Wish you a happy new year."

Ans 14- The friends wished him a happy new year.

15. The gardener said,"Do not enter the garden."

Ans 15- The gardener cautioned not to enter the garden.

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More information:-

Direct speech:

• when the exact word used by a speaker are reproduced within Quotation Marks, it is called Direct speech.

Indirect speech:

• when the substance of a speech is conveyed in the reporter's words, it is called Indirect speech.

The exact words of the speaker which are put within Quotation Marks or Inverted Commas ("..") is the Reported Speech.

The verb that introduces the Reported Speech is called the Reporting Verb.

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⠀⠀Dɪʀᴇᴄᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ Iɴᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛ Sᴘᴇᴇᴄʜ:

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★When the reporting or principal verb is in the Past Tense, all Present tenses of the direct are changed into the corresponding Past Tenses.

★The Tense in Indirect Speech is NOT CHANGED if the words within the quotation marks talk of a universal truth or habitual action.

★Simple Present Changes to Simple Past

★Present Perfect Changes to Past Perfect

★Present Continuous Changes to Past Continuous

★Simple Past Changes to Past Perfect

★Past Continuous Changes to Past Perfect Continuous

★Future Changes to Present Conditional

★Future Continuous Changes to Conditional Continuous

⠀⠀⠀⠀Cʜᴀɴɢᴇ ɪɴ Mᴏᴅᴀʟs:

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⟶CAN changes into COULD

⟶MAY changes into MIGHT

⟶MUST changes into HAD TO/WOULD HAVE TO

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