Question

Change this sentence in indirect speech:- you said, "How irritating you are!"

Answer 1

Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.

Example: Sonata said,"I can't wait to dance!" (Direct)

                Sonata exclaimed saying that she couldn't wait to dance. (Indirect)

In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day', 'will' changes to 'would', 'can' changes to 'could' and many other words have to be made. Also, if the sentence contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.

You said,"How irritating you are!" (Direct)

In the above sentence, since the second person isn't mentioned, we'll assume the second person is a 'He'.

I exclaimed saying that he was irritating. (Indirect)

Answer 2

Answer:

Direct speech:

You said, "How irritating you are!"

Indirect speech:

I exclaimed saying that he was irritated.

Additional information:

Indirect speech:

➜ He told her that, she was trying to insult me.

Direct speech:

➜ He said to her, "you are trying to insult me".

Direct speech definition:

➜ Direct speech is quote actual words of the speaker.

Indirect speech definition:

➜ Indirect speech reports the content said by the speaker without quoting exact words. This is "Reported speech".

Examples of direct and indirect speech:

Direct speech:

➜ Nayanshreyas, said "I have scored 100% marks in maths".

Indirect speech:

➜ Nayanshreyas said that he had scored 100% marks in maths.

Converting direct to indirect speech:

➜ Changing the tenses.

➜ Changing the pronouns.

➜ Changing the expression of the words for (Place, things, Time).