change the following sentences into indirect speech
6. Triveni said to Dheeraj, “Do you play in the evening?"
7. Yashmita said to Prakriti, “Is the project going to start in near future?"
8. Umesh said to Hitesh, "Has the meeting been cancelled?"
9. Kanti said to Shanti, "Had there been any news about the latest invention?"
10. Girish said to Brij, “Does your friend read the books regularly?"
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Answer:
6. Triveni asked Dheeraj whether he played in the evening.
7. Yashmita asked Prakriti if the project was going to start in near future.
8. Umesh asked Hitesh if the meeting had been canceled.
9. Kanti asked Shanti whether there had been any news about the latest invention.
10. Girish asked Brij if his friend reads the books regularly.
Explanation:
✪ Direct speech is used to convey the actual words said by the speaker using inverted commas. For example:-
- Anna said to Elsa, "Do you want to build a snowman?"
✪ Indirect speech is used to convey the words the speaker said without the use of inverted commas.
- Anna asked Elsa if she wanted to build a snowman.
To change the given sentence from direct speech to indirect speech,
» The inverted commas stating the sentence spoken by the speaker have to be omitted.
» As the statement was negative, the joining clauses 'if' and 'whether' were to be used to report the sentence.
» The reporting verb has to be changed according to the type of statement being spoken. In interrogative statements, the reporting verb becomes 'asked', 'queried', 'interrogated etc.
» The following words have to be changed into their indirect form:
- Today → that day
- Yesterday → the previous day
- Tomorrow → the next day
- Ago → before
- Now → then
- This → that
- These → those
- Here → there
» The tense of the sentence is to be changed to its corresponding past tense if the reporting verb is in the past tense unless:
- The reporting verb conveying the statement is in present tense, or
- The statement is a universal truth/fact
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