Question

He said, "Be quiet and listen to me."
( Choose the correct indirect speech )​

Answer 1

Answer:

He said you should be quiet and listen to me

Answer 2

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Direct: He said, "Be quiet and listen to me."

Indirect: He ordered to be quite and listen to him.

Since the dialogue is based on a order, the reporting verb changed into ordered. And for joining the sentences, we can use to but don't change the form of tense anymore (Rules of Grammar).

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Grammar bites:

In Direct speech, we generally will see that the dialogue of the speaker is enclosed inside inverted commas.

But,

In the Indirect speech, it is the direct sentence where dialogue is not enclosed inside the inverted commas. Here, we can't predict thd exact words but it gives only the substance of what the speaker said.

Changes in tense are:

[ When reporting verb is in past tense ]

• Simple present ➝ Simple past.
• Present continous ➝ Past continous.
• Present perfect ➝ Past perfect
• Simple past(sometimes) ➝ Past perfect.