Changing sentence into indirect speech (The girl said, 'I am writing letter now.'
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The girl said that she was writing a letter then.
Knowledge Booster ↴
There are two types of speeches ↴
(1) Direct speech or Direct narration
(2) Indirect speech or Indirect narration
(1) Direct speech ↴
What a man says is kept as it is within a quotation (" ") marks. A sentence containing such a quote is called the DIRECT SPEECH or DIRECT NARRATION.
⟹ The direct speech is always enclosed with inverted commas (" ")
⟹ There is no change in words.
Example : He said, "I am playing cricket now."
(2) Indirect Speech ↴
Sometimes the exact speech of a speaker is not repeated but reported. Such a speech is called INDIRECT SPEECH or INDIRECT NARRATION.
⟹ We change a sentence in indirect speech without using first person's actual words.
⟹ This is also known as reported speech.
⟹ We change it into the past tense.
Example : He said that he was playing cricket then.
Answer ♡
The girl said that she is a writing A letter.