Question

He will scold me if I say so " swami said to his father. ​

Answer 1

Question:-

"He will scold If I say so"Swami said to his father.

Answer:-

"He will scold if I say so" Swami said to his father.

• Swami told his father that he would if he(swami) say so.

Grammar bites:-

An action or information can be expressed in a sentence.

$\red{\underline{Direct\:speech:}}$

The actual meaning of the sentence with punctuation is called Direct speech.

Ex:- He said , "I am busy now."

$\purple{\underline{Indirect\:speech:}}$

The meaning of the substance of speakers words in the sentence is called Indirect speech.

Ex:- He said that he was busy then.

General rules for changing direct speech into indirect speech:-

• The inverted commas are omitted in the indirect speech.

• The capital letter with inverted commas in direct speech will not remain capital in indirect speech.

• While changing we have to be aware of Verb.

• The tense will be changed while changing the speech.

• An affirmative sentence/simple sentence use that as a linker.

• Pronoun should be changed according to the sense of speech.

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