Change the sentence in indirect speech: Father said to us ,'we may go to Nainital in summer.'
Answers
Father said to us that we might go to Nainital in the summer.
The indirect speech for Father said to us,'we may go to Nainital in summer' is Father said to us that we might go to Nainital in the summer.
Explanation:
- In indirect speech the present tense in the direct speech gets changes into the past tense
- So said to us would change into said to us that & may changes to might.
- In indirect speech we need to use the reporting verb that is 'that' in this sentence.
- so the indirect speech would include that and might though the meaning of the sentence should not change in indirect speech.
The correct answer is:
Father told us that we might go to Nainital in summer.
changed from direct to indirect speech.
Explanation:
The change from direct to indirect is pretty easy. It is one the main things taught along with voice change in english to young students. These help in grasping the subject more and understanding the concept better.
A few rules need to followed when conversion happens:
- The tense changes from present to past.
- Present continuous becomes past continuous sometimes past participle.
- The notations are removed.
- There is an insertion of the word that when indirect speech is formed.
- The verbs change along with the sentence.
- The whole sentence sounds as if a third person is talking on behalf of the speaker or the narrator.
Just like in the above sentence, when it is changed to indirect the commas ir air quotes are removed and grammatically correct words are placed together to form the sentence without disturbing the meaning of the original one.