Question

Change the sentence from Direct to indirect
1. You said to him,"I have never been to this place."
2. She said to him,"I do not know how to drive a car."

Answer 1

Question :

Change the sentence from Direct to indirect :-

1. You said to him,"I have never been to this place."

2. She said to him,"I do not know how to drive a car."

Answer :

1. You told him that you had never been to that place.

2. She told him that she didn't know how to drive a car.

More information :

• Direct speech :-

The message of the speaker is reported in his own actual words without any chance.

• Indirect speech :-

The message of the speaker is reported in our own words.

• Some rules while changing into indirect speech :-
• All inverted commas or question mark are omitted and the sentence ends with full stop.
• 'That' is added before the indirect statement in Assertive sentence and ' if / whether ' is added before the indirect statement in interrogative sentence.
• Even present tense will be converted into past tense .

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Answer 2

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1. You told him that you had never been to that place.
2. She told him that she didn't knew how to drive a car.

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More you need to know about Direct & Indirect Speeches :-

• Direct Speech refers to the literal repetition of the words spoken by someone, using a quotative frame.
• On the other hand, indirect speech is one that reports something said or written by another person, without making the use of exact words.

• Rules You should know before changing speeches-

1. Omit all inverted commas or quotation marks.
2. End the sentence with a full stop.
3. If the verb inside the inverted commas/quotation marks is in the present tense, change it into the corresponding past tense.
4. If it is in the simple past tense, change it into the past perfect tense.

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