Question

He said, "The boys are cleaning the area now".

Answer 1

Question:

Convert the following direct speech into indirect speech:

He said, "The boys are cleaning the area now".

Answer:

He said that the boys were cleaning the area then.

Explaination:

While converting a direct speech into indirect speech (in case of affirmative sentence) remember:

• A conjuction like that is used to join the sentence.
• Present continuous tense will change into past continuous tense.
• Words which suggests the time are also change. Here, now is changed into then to symbolise as the work is done already.