Question

He said,"my uncle lives in guwahati"

Answer 1

Answer:

he said that my uncle was live in Guwahati..

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer of the given narration is -

He said that his uncle lived in Guwahati.

Explanation:

• As the reporting part of the given sentence that is the part which is outside the quotation is in Simple Past tense, the reported part will also be changed into Simple Past tense in the indirect speech.

• Therefore the given verb "lives" will be change into "lived".

• As it an assertive sentence, in the indirect speech "that" is to be used as a joining word.

• The word "my" in the direct speech will be changed into "his" as it is told "he", a masculine figure.

Thus in indirect speech the answer will be-

He said that his uncle lived in Guwahati.