Question

Change to Indirect speech :-
1. They wrote, 'It is time we thought about settling this matter.'
2. 'You have all done very badly !' remarked the teacher.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. They wrote that it was the time we thought about settling that matter.

2. The teacher exclaimed that he had done all very badly.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The question is answered below-

a. The statements are asked to change into indirect speech from the direct speech. They are answered below-

1. They wrote that it was time they thought about settling this matter.

2. The teacher remarked that they had all done very badly.

b. Direct speech refers to directly reporting one's word with quotations while indirect speech omits the quotations and involves changing the tense.