Question

EXERCISE 21.2
Convert the following into INDIRECT SPEECH.​

Answer 1

1. The driver told me that the train had arrived at the station.
2. Abhimanyu said that his teacher was waiting for him.
3. You said that your teachers were very helpful to you.
4. She told me that she couldn't give her book that day.
5. The principal said that the school would remain closed the next day.
6. You told me that you had brought your book.
7. Rehana said that she was preparing a new project.
8. Loveena told me that she couldn't show her result to her parents.
9. I told her that she wasn't behaving properly.

$\blue{Additional \: information :}$

• A conversation between two people ie between the first person and the second person is called direct speech.

• Example - Mayank said to Mahesh, " I'll rock there."

• When the same dialogues are reported to a third person, it's called indirect speech.

• Example - Mayank told Mahesh that he would rock there.

$\green{Rules:}$

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

• Example -

1. Hemant said to Hitesh, " We watch a movie daily.

=> Hemant told Hitesh that they watched a movie daily.

• If the direct speech is a universal truth, the tense of the sentence doesn't change in the indirect speech.

• Example -

1. Pratik said, " The sun rises in the east."

=> Pratik said that the sun rises in the east.

• If the reporting verb is in the present or future tense, the tense of the verb isn't changed in the indirect speech.

• Example -

1. Kareena says , " I write a letter. "

=> Kareena says that he writes a letter.

• If the person addressed to, reports the speech, the second person in the direct speech becomes first person in the indirect speech.

• Example -

1. Karan said to me , "You're an idiot".

=> Karan told me that I was an idiot.

Answer 2

Answer:

The driver told me that the train had arrived at the station.

Abhimanyu said that his teacher was waiting for him.

You said that your teachers were very helpful to you.

She told me that she couldn't give her book that day.

The principal said that the school would remain closed the next day.

You told me that you had brought your book.

Rehana said that she was preparing a new project.

Loveena told me that she couldn't show her result to her parents.

I told her that she wasn't behaving properly.

\blue{Additional \: information :}Additionalinformation:

A conversation between two people ie between the first person and the second person is called direct speech.

Example - Mayank said to Mahesh, " I'll rock there."

When the same dialogues are reported to a third person, it's called indirect speech.

Example - Mayank told Mahesh that he would rock there.

\green{Rules:}Rules:

All the tenses of the direct speech are converted to the past tense in the indirect speech, but if the sentence is already in past tense, it turns to past perfect tense.

Example -

1. Hemant said to Hitesh, " We watch a movie daily.

=> Hemant told Hitesh that they watched a movie daily.

If the direct speech is a universal truth, the tense of the sentence doesn't change in the indirect speech.

Example -

1. Pratik said, " The sun rises in the east."

=> Pratik said that the sun rises in the east.

If the reporting verb is in the present or future tense, the tense of the verb isn't changed in the indirect speech.

Example -

1. Kareena says , " I write a letter. "

=> Kareena says that he writes a letter.

If the person addressed to, reports the speech, the second person in the direct speech becomes first person in the indirect speech.

Example -

1. Karan said to me , "You're an idiot".

=> Karan told me that I was an idiot.