Question

He said to her , “You are the love liest girl. ”

Answer 1

He said to her, “You are the loveliest girl.''  (change narration)

Answer:

He said to her that she was the loveliest girl.

• The Second Person Pronoun (you, yours) of the reported speech is changed according to the 'object' of the reporting verb.

There are two kinds of speeches.  

1. Direct Speech:    

In Direct speech, we repeat the exact words by the speaker. Reporting speech is placed between inverted commas. For example, He said, " I have lost my pen".

2. Indirect Speech:    

In Indirect Speech, we repeat in our own words what is said by the speaker. generally, we use "said that" in this speech. For example, He said that he had lost his pen.

When we change direct speech to indirect speech:

present simple changed to past simple

present continuous changed to past continuous

present perfect changed to past perfect.

present perfect continuous changed to past perfect continuous

past simple change to past perfect

past continuous changed to past perfect continuous

Answer 2

Answer:

He said to her , “You are the loveliest girl. ”

• The given direct speech has been said to turn into indirect speech and it is : He told her that she was the loveliest girl.

Explanation :

• According to English grammar when direct speech turns into indirect speech then 'said to' turns into 'told' and instead of comma 'that' conjunction is used.

• Present Indefinite Tense turns into Past Indefinite Tense, that's why 'are' has been turned into 'was' and we know after he or she 'was' is always used.