He admitted that he was in the wrong change into direct speech (2) The man enquired of her if her father was at home. change into direct speech (3) She asked the teacher whether the next day would be a holiday change into direct speech (4) He enquired of us why we were all sitting around doing nothing (5) She requested her companions to let her finish her work first change into direct speech
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Direct Speech
In direct speech, we convey the message of the speaker in his own actual words without any change to another person.
Indirect Speech
In indirect speech, we convey the message of the speaker in our own words to another person.
Procedure of changing direct speech into indirect speech
Remove comma and inverted commas.
Put "that" between the reporting and reported speeches.(it is optional to put "that" between the reporting and reported speech)
Change the 1st letter of reported speech into small letter except for "I"
Change the pronoun of the direct speech according to the rules described in table 2
Change the tense of the direct speech appropriately according to rules described in table 3.
Change the words expressing nearness in time or places of the direct speech into its appropriate words expressing
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(1) He said, "I admit that I am in the wrong change" (2) The man said to her, "Is your father at home?" (3) She said to the teacher, "Will tomorrow be a holiday?" (4) He said to us, "Why you all are sitting around doing nothing?" (5) She said to her companions, "Please let me finish my work first"