Question

He
said, I have done
my work​

Answer 1

Topic:- Direct and Indirect Speech:

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• "He said, I have done my work"

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• We've to change the given sentence into Reported speech.

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• He said that he had done his work.

EXPLANATION:

‎ ‎ ‎The "inverted commas" has been removed. The word "that" was inserted before the subject and the quoted words. Pronouns were changed in the way - 'I' was changed to "He" (as the speaker is pointing masculine gender) and 'My' was changed to "Him". The tense of the verb is in present perfect tense. So, has been changed to "Past perfect tense", i.e, 'have done' has been changed to "Had done". Finally, the the sentence has been ended with a "full stop".

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In English there are 2 types of speeches that are:-

• Direct speech
• Indirect speech

Direct speech:-

Direct speech – Saying something directly by using the exact words of the speaker is known as direct speech.

• While writing, the original words of the person should be always written inside inverted commas.

Example:- I said, "I will be going to school from tomorrow".

Indirect speech:-

Indirect speech – It can be defined as, saying something what the speaker had said but by making some modifications.

• Inverted commas should be ignored while writing, in case of indirect speech.
• It must be in past tense except in two cases: (a) If it's a universal/generel verity (b) If it's reporting verb is in present or future tense.

Example:- I said that I would be going to school from the next day. [Here, the indirect speech of the above given example is given].

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