Question

change the narration- the old man said,"union is strength"

Answer 1

The old man said that union was strength.

Answer 2

The old man said that union was strength.

In the question, we have been provided with a sentence in direct speech and have been asked to change it into one in indirect speech. While doing these conversions, there are a few points to be considered. They are as follows-

• There should be complete removal of quotations.
• There should be an addition of the word 'that' right before the message.
• There must be a change in the tense of the sentence.
• For example, here 'is' has been changed to 'was'.
• Similarly, yesterday should be changed to 'the day before' and tomorrow should be changed to 'the day after'.
• Tonight should be changed to 'that night' and today should be changed to 'that day'.