Question

Help me guys! Begin rewrite (A) as (B) beginning with "He commented on...."but (B) should have the same meaning as that of (A) Sentence transformation ISC
A) What an absurd situation', he commented.
(B) He commented on.........​

Answer 1

He commented on the situation being absurd.

• In this case, sentence (A) is given as direct speech but the transformed one (B) is in the indirect form.

• Direct speech refers to addressing the words of the speaker in quotes.

• Indirect speech refers to addressing the words of the speaker in an indirect way without directly quoting the words.

Changes that take place during the transformation are:

1. Change in tense( in some cases).

2. Change in reporting verb.

3. Reporting verb is followed by 'that' in most of the cases.