Direct to indirect
1. 'We played tennis for our school,' said Alina. *
2. 'I love the Toy Story films,' she said. *
3. 'I enjoy working in my garden,' said Bob. *
4. 'I'll phone you tomorrow,' he said. *
5. 'I'm working on my thesis,' I said. *
6. 'I worked as a waiter before becoming a chef,' he said. *
7. She says, 'I like ice cream.' *
8. She said, 'I saw him.' *
9. 'I work in a bank,' said Daniel. *
10. 'We want our jobs back!' we said. *
Convert direct to Indirect:-
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Answer:
Explanation:
1. 'We played tennis for our school,' said Alina.
Alina told that they played tennis for their school.
2. 'I love the Toy Story films,' she said.
She said that she loves the Toy Story films.
3. 'I enjoy working in my garden,' said Bob.
Bob said that he likes to work in his garden.
4. 'I'll phone you tomorrow,' he said.
He said that he will phone him the next day.
5. 'I'm working on my thesis,' I said.
I told that I was working on my thesis.
6. 'I worked as a waiter before becoming a chef,' he said.
He said that he worked as a waiter before becoming a chef.
7. She says, 'I like ice cream."
8. She said, 'I saw him.'
She said that she liked Ice Cream.
9. 'I work in a bank,' said Daniel.
Daniel said that he works in a bank.
10. 'We want our jobs back!' we said.
We asked to return our jobs.
Things to Note:-
- While converting from direct to indirect, note that:-
- The tense is changed to past tense.
- Interrogative sentences are changed to simple sentences.
- Also, double quotation marks are reduced.
- Commas in starting and ending dialogues are reduced.
- Universal truth do not change.
- General work also do not change
1) 'We played tennis for our school; said Alina
=> Alina told that they played tennis for their school.
2) 'I love the Toy Story films,' she said.
=> She said that she loves the toy story films.
3) I enjoy working in my garden,' said Bob.
=> Bob said that he likes to work in his garden.
4) 'I'll phone you tomorrow,' he said.
=> He said that he will phone him the next day.
5) I'm working on my thesis,' I said.
=> I told that I was working on my thesis.
6)' I worked as a waiter before becoming a chef,' he said.
=> He said that he worked as a waiter before becoming a chef.
7) She says, 'I like ice cream.'
=> She said that she liked icecream.
8) She said, 'I saw him.'
=> She said that she had seen him.
9) 'I work in a bank,' said Daniel.
=> Daniel said that he works in a bank.
10) 'We want our jobs back!' we said.
=> We asked to return our jobs.