Question

Choose the correct indirect speech of the given sentence.
Ram said to Sohan, "The Sun rises in the east".

Ram told Sohan that the Sun rose in the east.
Ram told Sohan that the Sun rises in the east.
Ram told Sohan if the Sun rises in the east.
Ram asked Sohan if the Sun rises in the east.

Answer 1

Answer:

2nd part is correct,

Ram told Sohan that the Sun rises in the east.

Answer 2

The answer is as follows:

Ram told Sohan that the Sun rises in the east.

Direct and Indirect Speech

• Direct speech refers to the speech spoken directly by the speaker.

• Indirect speech refers to the speech reported by someone else.

• If the subordinate speech contains a universal truth, it remains the same in the indirect speech.

• Though the reporting verb is in the simple past tense, the subordinate clause remains in the present tense.