Question

he said,"key west is the southernmost point of united states." change the sentence from direct to indirect

Answer 1

Сhаnge the fоllоwing sentenсe intо indireсt sрeeсh :

Sо, Let's dо it withоut аny further delаy.

Соnversiоn оf Аssertive sentenсe frоm Direсt tо indireсt sрeeсh.

Аnswer : He tоld thаt the key west is the sоuthernmоst роint оf the United Stаtes.

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Twо tyрes оf Sрeeсhes аre there in english:

Direсt Sрeeсh : The асtuаl wоrds sроken by the sрeаker аre саlled the Direсt Sрeeсh.

These wоrds аre usuаlly рlасed between inverted соmmаs ( " __ " )

Fоr Exаmрle : Nаinа sаid, " Are you late for school ?

Indireсt Sрeeсh :

When the sрeаker's wоrds аre used in the fоrm оf а nаrrаtive insteаd оf his асtuаl wоrds , this is саlled Indireсt Sрeeсh. Fоr Exаmрle : Nаinа tоld thаt she hаd been mending the sаree.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Rules :

Rules Fоr Сhаnging Direсt Sрeeсh intо Indireсt Sрeeсh

While сhаnging the direсt sрeeсh intо indireсt sрeeсh , we shоuld keeр in mind the fоllоwing роints,

• >> Remоving the ( " __ " ) соmmаs.

• >> Сhаnge оf Tense $.$

• >> Сhаnge the рrоnоun

• >> Сhаnge with the subjeсt

• >> Third рersоn dоesn't сhаnge.

Answer 2

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he said,"key west is the southernmost point of united states." change the sentence from direct to indirect

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So let's change above sentence into indirect:-

He tоld thаt the key west is the sоuthernmоst роint оf the United Stаtes.

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Direct speech:

• when the exact word used by a speaker are reproduced within Quotation Marks, it is called Direct speech.

Indirect speech:

• when the substance of a speech is conveyed in the reporter's words, it is called Indirect speech.

The exact words of the speaker which are put within Quotation Marks or Inverted Commas ("..") is the Reported Speech.

The verb that introduces the Reported Speech is called the Reporting Verb.

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⠀⠀Dɪʀᴇᴄᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ Iɴᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛ Sᴘᴇᴇᴄʜ:

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★When the reporting or principal verb is in the Past Tense, all Present tenses of the direct are changed into the corresponding Past Tenses.

★The Tense in Indirect Speech is NOT CHANGED if the words within the quotation marks talk of a universal truth or habitual action.

★Simple Present Changes to Simple Past

★Present Perfect Changes to Past Perfect

★Present Continuous Changes to Past Continuous

★Simple Past Changes to Past Perfect

★Past Continuous Changes to Past Perfect Continuous

★Future Changes to Present Conditional

★Future Continuous Changes to Conditional Continuous

⠀⠀⠀⠀Cʜᴀɴɢᴇ ɪɴ Mᴏᴅᴀʟs:

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⟶CAN changes into COULD

⟶MAY changes into MIGHT

⟶MUST changes into HAD TO/WOULD HAVE TO

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