Question

He said, "My father is ill." Turn into indirect speech.

Answer 1

Answer:

He told that his father had been ill

Answer 2

Answer:

The indirect speech of the given phrase is -

He said that his father is ill.

Explanation:

Reported speech is the process of reporting the phrase or conversation of the initial speaker to another person.

There are two types of reported speech -

1. Direct speech - The initial speaker words are reported as it is by quoting it with inverted commas.
2. Indirect speech - The initial speaker words are reported using their own words by changing the tense (past tense) and reference of the person.

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