Question

Exercise 4. Put the following sentences into indirect speech:
1. I said, "She was trying for a job in the Indian Airlines."
2. He said, "The villagers are kind even to their enemies."
3. I said, "He was fascinated by her beauty."
4. Jasper said, "Shamim wrote all the programmes herself."
5. Shamim said, "Jasper loves children, takes care of their needs and helps them in
that their difficulties."​

Answer 1

Answer -

1. I said that she had been trying for a job in the Indian Airlines.

2. He said that the villagers are kind even to their enemies.

3. I said that he had been fascinated by her beauty.

4. Jasper said that Shamim had written all the programmes herself.

5. Shamim said that Jasper loves children, takes care of their needs and helps them in their difficulties.

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➨ If the reporting verb is in the past tense, the tenses in the reported speech at changed into a corresponding past tense :

• is/are/am → was/were
• was/were → had been
• has/have → had
• had been → no change
• had → no change

• simple present → simple past
• simple past → past perfect
• past perfect → no change
• will/shall → would

• may/can → might/could
• would/should/might/could/ought to/used to → no change
• must → had to

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Answer 2

Explanation:

I have only written answer no question but it is serially