Question

He said, "honestly pays in the long run." Change into indirect speech​

Answer 1

Answer:

he said that honesty pays in the long run...

as it is a fact it will remain the same.

Answer 2

He said that honestly pays in the long run.

Here the given sentence is in direct speech and according to the instructions we have to convert it into indirect speech.

While converting direct speech sentence into indirect speech do the following changes-

• First we have to identify the subject of the given sentence and begin the indirect speech sentence with the same.
• Identify the type of the sentence, the given sentences and affirmative sentence.
• We should identify the verb and according to that we should use proper reporting verb.
• Here the given verb is said so we should use said as it is.

• We should use that as a conjunction as given sentence is an affirmative sentence.

• The sentence in inverted commas is a saying or fact,so we should not change the tense of the given sentence.

• Otherwise we need to convert the sentence into past tense.

If the sentence is in simple present we should convert it into simple past,

if the sentence is in present continuous, we should convert it into past continuous.

If the sentence is in present perfect, we should converted into past perfect and if the sentence is in present perfect continuous, we should convert it into past perfect continuous.

If the sentences in simple past, we should convert it into past perfect and if the sentences in past continuous, we should convert it into past perfect continuous.

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