Change the following sentences into indirect speech. 1x7=7M 1. Johnny said, “I played this game last week”. 2. Nagesh asked, “Have you read this book?” 3. Manager said to the staff, “Be punctual or you will be punished”. 4. He said, “I have been watering the plants since 4 o’ clock”. 5. She said to me, “How have you done this sum?” 6. The policeman said to the stranger, “Where do you come from?” 7. They said, “We were enjoying the match.”
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1. Johnny said, “I played this game last week”.
------------> Johnny said that he had played this game the previous week.
2. Nagesh asked, “Have you read this book?”
------------> Nagesh asked if I had read that book.
3. Manager said to the staff, “Be punctual or you will be punished”.
------------> Manager advised the staff to be punctual or they would be punished.
4. He said, “I have been watering the plants since 4 o’ clock”.
------------> He said that he had been watering the plants since 4 o'clock.
5. She said to me, “How have you done this sum?”
------------> She asked me how I had done that sum.
6. The policeman said to the stranger, “Where do you come from?”
------------> The policeman asked the stranger where he had come from.
7. They said, “We were enjoying the match.”
------------> They said that they had been enjoying the match.
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