Question

Convert the following into Indirect Speech :
GERRARD : This is all very melodramatic, not very original
perhaps, but...​

Answer 1

Answer:

Gerrard said,"this is all very melodramatic, not very original".

Answer 2

Here is your answer:

Gerard said in surprise that that was all very melodramatic, but not very original perhaps.

Explanation

This sentence was a statement. When we change the narration of a simple statement, we do the following changes in the given sentence:

1. We connect reporting verb clause with quoted speech (direct speech) using 'that'

2. We change the tense of the quoted speech into the past tense.

3. We change the pronouns according to the subject and object.