Question

Gopika said to me, “I was so late to the school so my teacher did not allow me to attend her class.” (Change into Indirect Speech)

Answer 1

Answer:

Gopika told me that she was so late to the school so her teacher did not allow her to attend her class

Answer 2

Answer:

Gopika said to me, “I was so late to the school so my teacher did not allow me to attend her class.” : Change into Indirect Speech

• Gopika told me that she hade so late to the school so her teacher had not allowed her to attend her class.

• Here in the above indirect speech 'told' has been used instead of 'said to' and 'that' has been used as a conjunction (linker).

• Here in the Direct speech, reported speech has been written in Simple Past Tense, so it will turn into Past Perfect Tense (Indirect Speech) because reporting verb is written in Simple Past Tense and it is already mentioned above.

• The given direct speech is an example of Assertive Sentence