Question

change the narration.
a/ she said to me, '' do you like football. ''
b/ he said '' I am playing football now. ''​

Answer 1

Answer:

she asked me do I like football

he said that he was playing football then

Answer 2

ANSWER :

• (a) She said to me, ''Do you like football."

✠ Indirect Narration :- She asked me whether I liked football.

• (b) He said ''I am playing football now."

✠ Indirect Narration :- He said that he was playing football then.

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MORE TO KNOW :

❒ Types of Narration :-

• ➬ Direct Narration

• ➬ Indirect Narration

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❒ Direct Narration :-

• ➬ In Direct Narration, the words of the speaker is expressed in the same way that it is said by the speaker i.e, with speech marks and using exactly the same words.

• ➬ The words of the speaker are kept within Inverted Comma (" ") in Direct Narration and there we need ti use Comma (,) between the Reporting Verb and Direct Narration.

• ➬ The verb that introduce the Direct Narration is called Reporting Verb.

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❒ Indirect Narration :-

• ➬ In Indirect Narration, the words of the speaker is expressed without speech marks and without necessarily using exactly the same words, keeping the meaning same.

• ➬ Unlike Direct Narration, there is the need of using "that" or any necessary conjunction instead of the the Comma (,) in Indirect Narration.

• ➬ There is also needed some grammatical changes while changing the speech from Direct Narration to Indirect Narration.