Question

He said, " I am planning to visit my hometown shortly." Into indirect speech

Answer 1

ANSWER :

❍ Direct Speech :-

• He said, "I am planning to visit my hometown shortly."

❍ Indirect Speech :-

• He said that he was planning to visit his hometown shortly.

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❍ Note :-

• When the sentence of Direct Speech is in Present Continuous Tense and the Reporting verb is in Past Tense form; in Indirect Speech, the sentence should be changed into Past Continous Tense.

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KNOW MORE :

❒ Types of Speech :-

• ➬ Direct Speech

• ➬ Indirect Speech

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❒ Direct Speech :-

• ➬ In Direct Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed in the same way that it is said by the speaker i.e, with speech marks and using exactly the same words.

• ➬ The words of the speaker are kept within Inverted Comma (" ") in Direct Speech and there we need to use Comma (,) between the Reporting Verb and Direct Speech.

• ➬ The verb that introduce the Direct Speech is called Reporting Verb.

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❒ Indirect Speech :-

• ➬ In Indirect Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed without speech marks and without necessarily using exactly the same words, keeping the meaning same.

• ➬ Unlike Direct Speech, there is the need of using "that" or any necessary conjunction instead of the the Comma (,) in Indirect Speech.

• ➬ There is also needed some grammatical changes while changing the speech from Direct speech to Indirect Speech.

Answer 2

Answer:

He said, that he was planning to visit his hometown shortly

Explanation: