Question

Convert into indirect speech he said to me, "you have made a mistake "

Answer 1

Answer:

He said that, he had made a mistake.

Answer 2

He told me that I had made a great mistake in my statement

Explanation :

As This sentence is a statement,

said to ⟶ told

You ⟶ I

have (present participle) ⟶ had (past participle)

your ⟶ my

connecting word ⟶ that

More about this topic :

While changing a sentence from Direct to Indirect, it undergoes 5 changes.

1) Reporting verb :-

For statement,

• said to ⟶ told
• says, said ⟶ will not change
• say to ⟶ tell, says to ⟶ tells to
• connecting word ⟶ that

For Introgative,

• said to ⟶ asked/demanded/questioned
• connecting word ⟶ If/Whether for yes/no questions

For Imperative,

• said to ⟶ commanded/ordered/advised/requested/warned
• connecting word ⟶ 'to' for positive sentence, 'not to' for negative sentence.

For exclamatory,

• said to ⟶ exclamed/exclamed with joy or sorrow/wished
• connecting word ⟶ that

2)Add conjunction, remove commas and quotations :-

• Remove quotations, commas
• Add full stops, question marks and exclamatory marks if needed.

3) Pronoun change :-

• I ⟶ He/She
• We ⟶ They
• You ⟶ He/She/They/I/Him/Her/Them
• Us ⟶ Them
• Me ⟶ Him/Her
• Mine ⟶ Hers/His
• Ours ⟶ Theirs
• My ⟶ Her/His

4) Tense change :-

• Present ⟶ Past
• Present continuous ⟶ Past continuous
• Present perfect ⟶ Past perfect
• Past ⟶ Past Perfect
• Past continuous ⟶ Past perfect continuous
• will/shall/can/may ⟶ would/should/could/might

5) Adverbial Change :-

• Today ⟶ That day
• Tomorrow ⟶ the next day/the day after
• Yesterday ⟶ the previous day/the day after
• Last week/month/year ⟶ the previous week/month/year
• next week/month/year ⟶ the week/month/year after
• ago ⟶ before
• thus ⟶ so
• this/these ⟶ that/those
• now ⟶ then