Question

Change the sentences into Indirect Speech.
1. I said to my sister, “Yesterday I bought a doll for you”
2. He said, “This is the book I want”.
3. The producer said to the actor, “ I don‟t have a role for you in this film.
4. I Said “ I shall construct a house here”.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. I told my sister that previous day I bought a doll for her .

2. He said that , that was the book he want.

3. The producer told theke actor that he don't had a role for him in this film .

4. I said that I should construct a hose there .

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Change the sentences into Indirect Speech.

1. I said to my sister, "Yesterday I bought a doll for you"

• I told my sister that the day before I had bought a doll for her

2. He said, "This is the book I want”.

• He said that was the book he wanted

3. The producer said to the actor, “ I don't have a role for you in this film.

• The producer said to the actor that he didn't have a role for her in that film.

4. I Said, " I shall construct a house here".

• I said that I would construct a house there.

There are two kinds of speeches.

1. Direct Speech:

• In Direct speech, we repeat the exact words by the speaker. Reporting speech is placed between inverted commas. For example, He said, " I have lost my pen".

2. Indirect Speech:

• In Indirect Speech, we repeat in our own words what is said by the speaker. generally, we use "said that" in this speech. For example, He said that he had lost his pen.

When we change direct speech to indirect speech:

present simple changed to past simple

present continuous changed to past continuous

present perfect changed to past perfect.

present perfect continuous changed to past perfect continuous

past simple changed to past perfect

past continuous changed to past perfect continuous