Change the speech of the following sentences
1.Kiara said,"I am not hungry now."
2.They said,"We were in London last week."
3.The mother said to her daughter,'I' am proud of your achievements.'
4.'I've spoken nothing but the truth,'the prisoner said.
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- 1. Kiara said, "I am not hungry now."
➜ Kiara said that she was not hungry then.
- 2. They said, "We were in London last week."
➜ They said that they had been in London the week before.
- 3. The mother said to her daughter, "I am proud of your achievements."
➜ The mother told her daughter that she was proud of her achievements.
- 4. "I've spoken nothing but the truth", the prisoner said.
➜ The prisoner said that he had spoken nothing but the truth.
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MORE TO KNOW :
❒ Types of Speech :-
- ➬ Direct Speech
- ➬ Indirect Speech
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❒ Direct Speech :-
- ➬ In Direct Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed in the same way that it is said by the speaker i.e, with speech marks and using exactly the same words.
- ➬ The words of the speaker are kept within Inverted Comma (" ") in Direct Speech and there we need to use Comma (,) between the Reporting Verb and Direct Speech.
- ➬ The verb that introduce the Direct Speech is called Reporting Verb.
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❒ Indirect Speech :-
- ➬ In Indirect Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed without speech marks and without necessarily using exactly the same words, keeping the meaning same.
- ➬ Unlike Direct Speech, there is the need of using "that" or any necessary conjunction instead of the the Comma (,) in Indirect Speech.
- ➬ There is also needed some grammatical changes while changing the speech from Direct speech to Indirect Speech.
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