change the following sentences into indirect speech. 1. The doctor said to the patient, 'do not eat a heavy meal in the evening.
Answers
The speech is changed to indirect speech.
The answer is:
The doctor advised the patient not to eat a heavy meal in the evening.
Explanation:
The main difference between direct and indirect speech is that, the posting of verb or the parts of speeches and also the slight shift in the words.
Direct Speech mostly are those sentences that has the direct quote of the speaker.
For eg:
Mr Louis said " I want my lunch as soon as possible "
The sentence here is explaining the urgency in Mr Louis's voice as the speaker himself says it.
The indirect version of it would be :
Mr Louis demanded for his lunch immediately.
This sounds like someone else is ordering to prepare Mr Louis's lunch faster.
These small verbal, adverbial, prepositions change happen while converting direct speech to indirect.
- It is an important point to remember when the student is shifting the sentence.