Question

Convert the following into indirect speech: 2 "What did I say!" said Peggy, "She must have really liked us, anyway." "Yes, she must have," agreed Maddie, and she blin

Answer 1

Convert the following into indirect speech:

Peggy asked what she had said and further said that she must have been really liked them, anyway. Maddie agreed and blinked and said that she must have been liked them.

Assimilate:

We have to convert that Para into Indirect speech that means we have to convert the actual words said by the speaker into the indirect speech making some necessary changes and only giving the substance of what he said.

Direct speech:

➙ These are the actual words spoken by the speaker.

Indirect Speech:

➙ Indirect or reported speech is used when a person reports or writes down the words in an appropriate tense and refers to the original speakers in the third person making other necessary changes.

From direct to indirect speech:

• He said to the magistrate,"Pardon me."
• He begged the magistrate to pardon him.

• The teacher said,"Work hard, Raman."
• The teacher adviced Raman to work hard.

• Tribhuvandas Patel told Kurien that he was the leader of the farmers.
• Tribhuvandas Patel said to Kurien, "I am the leader of the farmers."

• The farmers told Pestonjee that he was not paying them enough for their produce.
• The farmers said to Pestonjee, "You are not paying us enough for our produce."

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