Question

(i) Ramesh says, ″I have written a letter.″
(ii) The student said, ″Alas! I wasted my time last year.″ ( change into indirect speech)​

Answer 1

Answer:

Ramesh said that he had written a letter.

The student said that "Alas" invested his time last year.

Answer 2

AnswEr :

(i) Ramesh says, "I have written a letter."

• Ramesh says that he had written a letter.

(ii) The student said, "Alas! I wasted my time last year."

• The student regretted that he had wasted his time the previous year.

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Direct speech :

• Direct speech may be a report for the precise word used by a speaker or writer.

• These exact words of the speaker are enclosed in inverted commas.

Indirect speech :

• Indirect speech may be a report or what somebody else said or wrote without using that person's exact words.

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