Question

changing direct into indirect speech :)
1) He said, " I live in the city center. " ( present simple)

2) He said, "I'm going out . " (Present continuous)

3) He said, "I've finished. " ( present perfect continuous)

4) He said, "I've been studying a lot. " ( present perfect continuous)


5) He said, "I'm going to call Alan. " ( be going to)

Answer 1

1) He said that he lives in the city centre.

2) He said that he is going out.

3) He said that he had finished.

4) He said that he have been studying a lot.

5) He said that he is going to call Alan.

Answer 2

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Que ❶ - He said, " I live in the city center. "

ans ❶- He said he lived in the city center.

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Que ❷ - He said, "I'm going out . "

ans ❷ - He said he was going out.

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Que ❸ - He said, "I've finished. "

ans❸ - He said he has finished.

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Que ❹ - He said, "I've been studying a lot. "

ans❹ - He said he had been studying a lot .

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Que❺ - He said, "I'm going to call Alan. "

ans ❺ - He said he was going to call Alan.

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• Rules for changing Direct Speech into Indirect speech :-

★ The inverted commas are omitted in the indirect speech.

★ The tense of the reporting verb should never be changed.

★ We use a linker before the Indirect speech.

★ The first letter within inverted commas will not remain capital after changing narration.

★ The pronouns should be changed according to the sense of the speech.

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