Question

Change the following sentences into indirect specch.
a. The Monitor said, “The boys are always making noise."
b. She said to me, “I don't believe you."
c. The teacher said, "Water boils at 100°C and freezes at 0°C."
d. Megha said to Amit, "Rahul was watering the plants."
e. She said, "I have bought this dress today."​

Answer 1

Required Answer:

1. The Monitor said, “The boys are always making noise."

Answer: The Monitor said that the boys were always making noise.

Explanation: Here-

• The inverted commas and the comma are omitted.
• The word 'that' is used.
• The tense changed.

2. She said to me, "I don't believe you."

Answer: She said to me that she didn't believe me.

Explanation: Here-

• The inverted commas and the comma are omitted.
• The word 'that' is used.
• The pronoun 'I' became 'she'
• The pronoun 'you' became 'me'.
• The tense changed.

3. The teacher said, "Water boils at 100°C and freezes at 0°C."

Answer: The teacher said that water boils at 100°C and freezes at 0°C.

Explanation: Here-

• The inverted commas and the comma are omitted.
• The word 'that' is used.
• The tense is not changed.

4. Megha said to Amit, "Rahul was watering the plants."

Answer: Megha said to Amit that Rahul had been watering the plants.

Explanation: Here-

• The inverted commas and the comma are omitted.
• The word 'that' is used.
• The tense changed.

5. She said, "I have bought this dress today."​

Answer: She said that she had bought that dress that day.

Explanation: Here-

• The inverted commas and the comma are omitted.
• The word 'that' is used.
• The pronoun 'I' became 'she'
• The word 'today' became 'that'.
• The tense changed.

Answer 2

Explanation:

sarla said to meva the boys will be making a noise