Question

He said 'the horse died in the night' convert into indirect speech.

Answer 1

He said that ''the horse died i the night''.

Answer 2

Answer:

He said that the horse had died in the night.

Explanation:

• The reporting verb said is in past tense in the sentence. The direct speech is past indefinite tense so when it is converted to reported speech it will be in past perfect tense.
• Indirect speech is a part of grammar used for reporting what someone said without actually quoting it.
• The inverted commas are removed while converting direct speech into indirect speech and vice versa.

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