Question

change the reported speech
the commander said soldiers get ready for the march​

Answer 1

The commander commanded the soldiers to march on .

Answer 2

Question:-

Change the reported speech:-

The commander said, "Soldiers, get ready for the march."

Answer:-

The commander commanded the soldiers to get ready for the march.

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The sentence we were given is :- The commander said, "Soldiers, get ready for the march."

Here, the reporting verb "The commander said" is in Past Indefinite Tense.

And the reported speech "Soldiers,get ready for the march" is in imperative sentence.

In imperative reported speeches, we use ordered / requested / commanded etc.

Next, following the rules of pronouns and tenses, we find:-

The commander said, "Soldiers, get ready for the march."

Now, know the rules that have been applied:-

While making the changes from Direct and Indirect speech, one should be having knowledge of rules of changes in pronouns.

• The first person in reported speech changes according to the subject of reporting speech.
• In Reported Speech change of the second person depends on the object of reporting speech.
• The third person remains unchanged.

According to the reporting verb, changes are made in the direct sentence or the sentence in inverted commas.

• If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the direct sentence is changed in its past tense.

Some Examples:-

• The captain said to the new student, "I appreciate your efforts."

Indirect:- The captain said to the new student that he appreciated his (S) efforts.

• Houtarou said that, "Many students is arguing against this rule."

Indirect:- Houtarou said that many students were arguing against that rule