He said to me,"When I was teaching, Sohan was dozing."
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Explanation:
words spoken by a person can be reported in two ways—Direct and Indirect. When we quote the exact words spoken by a person, we call it Direct Speech.
Sohan said to Mohan, “I am going to school.”
The exact words spoken by Sohan are put within inverted commas. But when we give the substance of what Sohan said, it is called the Indirect Speech.
Sohan told to Mohan that he (Sohan) was going to school.
1. Reporting Clause and Reported Speech:
Sohan told Mohan that he was going to school. The words which generally come before the inverted commas are called the reporting clause, i.e. Sohan said to Mohan and the verb ‘said’, is called the reporting verb. The words spoken by Sohan and put within inverted commas are called the reported speech, i.e. “I am going to school.”
2. Rules for Changing Direct Speech into Indirect Speech:
In the Indirect speech, no inverted commas are used.
The conjunctions that, if, whether, are generally used after the reporting verb.
The first word of the reported speech begins with a capital letter.
The tense of the reporting verb is never changed.
The reporting verb changes according to sense: it may be told, asked, inquired
3. Rules for the Change of Pronouns:
The first person pronouns (I, me, my, we, us, our) in the reported speech change according to the subject of the reporting verb.
The pronouns of the second person (you, your, yourself) in the reported speech change according to the object of the reporting verb.
The pronouns of the third person do not change.
For example:
He said, “I like the book.”
He said that he liked the book.
He said to me, “Do you like the book?”
He asked me if I liked the book.
He said, “He likes the book.”
He said that he liked the book.
4. Changes in words expressing nearness, time, auxiliaries, etc.
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5. Change in Tenses:
If the reporting verb is in the present or the future tense, the tense of the reported speech is not changed:
Satish says, “I am flying a kite.”
Satish says that he is flying a kite.
Satish will say, “I want a glass of milk.”
Satish will say that he wants a glass of milk.
If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the tense of the reported speech will change as follows:
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If the direct speech expresses a historical fact, a universal truth or a habitual fact, then the tense of the direct speech will not change:
Direct : He said, “Honesty is the best policy.”
Indirect : He said that honesty is the best policy.
Direct : He said, “The sun rises in the east.”
Indirect : He said that the sun rises in the east.
Direct : Rakesh said, “I am an early riser.”
Indirect : Rakesh said that he is an early riser.
Direct : She said, “God is omnipresent.”
Indirect : She said that God is omnipresent.
Direct : The teacher said, “The First World War started in 1914.”
Indirect : The teacher said that the First World War started in 1914.
6. Changing Statements into Indirect Speech:
The reporting verb ‘said to’ is changed-to ‘told’, ‘replied’, ‘remarked’,
The reporting verb is not followed by an object, it is not changed.
The inverted commas are removed. The conjunction that is used to connect the reporting clause with the reported speech.
The rules for the change of pronouns, tenses, etc. are followed.
Direct : Ramu said, “I saw a lion in the forest.”
Indirect: Ramu said that he had seen a lion in the forest.
Direct : Satish said to me, “I am very happy here.”
Indirect: Satish told me that he was very happy there.
Direct : He said, “I can do this work.”
Indirect: He said that he could do that work.
Direct : Renu said to me, “I was washing the clothes.”
Indirect: Renu told me that she had been washing the clothes.
Direct : She said, “I am not well.”
Indirect: She said that she was not well.
Direct : He said to Sita, “I have passed the test.”
Indirect: He told Sita that he had passed the test.
Direct : I said to my friend, “He has been working very hard.”
Indirect: I told my friend that he had been working very hard.
Direct : My friend said to me, “I shall go to Delhi tomorrow.”
Indirect: My friend told me that he would go to Delhi the next day.
Direct : I said, “I agree to what he said.”
Answer:
ans:- He told me that when he was teaching Soham was dozing.