Question

DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

Guidelines:
Quotation marks are omitted.
At times ‘that’ is used.
Two conjunctions cannot be put together.
Changes in the tense of verb of direct speech:
If reported verb is in present or future tense, the tense is not changed.
e.g. The old woman says, “I am lonely.”
Ans.

Answer 1

The old woman say ,"I am lonely."

• The old woman say that she was lonely.

Know More:-

• The actual words of the speaker with punctuation is called Direct speech.

• The speakers were directed by someone.

• The introductory Verb is said or say.

• The meaning of the substances of sspeaker words in the sentence is called Indirect speech.

• The exact words of the speaker are repeated .

• The Introductory Verb is Said.

Note:-

When the given sentence is universal fact then the sentence cannot be changed.

Ex:-The sun rises in thr east.

Rules for changing from direct speech to Indirect speech:-

• The inverted commas are omitted in the indirect speech.

• The capital letter with inverted commas will not remain capital in indirect speech.

• The tense of the Verb will be changed while changing the speech.

• The pronoun should be changed according to thr sense of speech.

• Indirect speech witnesses a change in the tense.

• All the tenses of thr direct speech are converted into the past tense but if the sentence is already Is in past tense it turns to past perfect tense.