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"I don't know how to swim", he said. (Change to indirect).​

Answers

Answered by akshi31007
3

Answer:

He said that he doesn't know how to swim.

Answered by Anonymous
7

Answer:

The indirect speech is as follows:-

He said that he did not know how to swim.

Explanation:

Direct speech conveys the exact words quoted by the speaker using inverted commas.

Indirect speech conveys the words the speaker said without using inverted commas.

To change the given sentence from direct speech to indirect speech,

✦ The inverted commas quoting the statement were removed.

✦ The reporting verb was replaced by 'said that'. In affirmative sentences, 'Said' becomes 'said that', 'told', 'informed', 'declared' etc.

✦ Words are to be changed into their indirect form.

  ⁕ Ago - before

  ⁕ Now - then

  ⁕ Today - that day

  ⁕ Yesterday - the previous day

  ⁕ Tomorrow - the next day

✦ The tense of the sentence has to be changed to its corresponding past tense. For example:-

  • Present simple tense ➝ past simple tense
  • Present perfect tense ➝ past perfect tense
  • Present continuous tense ➝ past continuous tense
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