Question

He said," What a delightful sunset!
change into reported speech​

Answer 1

Required Answer

Direct speech -

• He said,"What a delightful sunset!"

Indirect/Reported speech -

• He exclaimed that it was a delightful sunset.

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❖ In english language there are two types of speeches :-

1. Direct Speech
2. Indirect Speech

• Direct speech

• It is also known as quoted speech.
• It is enclosed in inverted commas.
• In this speech we give the exact words used by the speaker this is called direct speech on narration.

• Indirect speech

• It is also known as reported speech.
• In this speech we do not give the exact words of the speaker but give only the statement of what the speaker said. This is called indirect speech on narration.

Answer 2

Given Sentence:

• He said," What a delightful sunset! (Indirect Speech)

AnsweR:

• He exclaimed that it was a delightful sunset. (Direct Speech)

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★How the tense changed?

• Present Simple → Past Simple

• Present Continuous → Past Continuous

• Present Perfect → Past Perfect

• Present Perfect Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Simple → Past Perfect

• Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Perfect → No change

• Past Perfect Continuous → No change

★There are two ways of reporting what someone has spoken:-

a) When the exact words spoken by a person are used , it is called direct speech.

b) When the words spoken by a person are put in our own words , it is called indirect speech.

★For example:-

Suppose your friend told you that you have a good handwriting. You want to convey this to us your parents.You can do it in either of these two ways :-

1. My friend said to me, "You have a good handwriting. (Direct speech)
2. My friend told me that I had a good handwriting.(indirect speech)

★Related information:-

• The exact words of the speaker, written within Quotation marks or Inverted commas (“ ”) is called Reported speech.
• The verb that introduces the Reported speech is called a Reporting verb