Question

Change the sentence from direct to indirect speech -:
1. "water boils at 100 degree Celsius ", the teacher said.

2. John said, " I am waiting for my result".

3. He said to me, " can you solve this problem? "

4. Samira said to me ,"I will help you with the homework. "
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Answer 1

The teacher said that water boiled at 100degree celsius.

John said that he was writing for his fault.

He asked me could i solve this problem.

Samrita told me that she would help me with the hommework

Answer 2

The given sentences can be changed from direct to indirect speech as follows.

(1) The teacher said that the boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celsius.

(2) John said that he was waiting for his result.

(3) He asked me whether I could solve the problem.

(4) Samira assured me that she will help me with my homework.

Conversion from direct speech to indirect speech can be done easily by only keeping the context and sentence structure in mind along with the grammatical needs.