Question

I said to her, " She is
now".
very busy​

Answer 1

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I said to her, " She is very busy now."

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I told her that she was busy then.

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In form of Direct Speech:

• The actual words of the speaker are put within inverted commas (" ")

• A comma(,)is used before these words,seperating them from the first part of the sentence.

• The qouted words begin with a Capital letter.

In form of Indirect Speech.

• Here,the qouted words are not in inverted commas,but are introduced by conjunction'that'.

• There is no comma after Reporting Verb 'said'.
• The tense of the Reporting Verb is never changed.

Ex‐

He said,"I am busy. "

-He said that he was busy.

Rules to change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech in forms of Assertive Sentence.

Rule 1

If the Repoted verb is in the Present or Future tense; the verb of the Reported Speed is not changed at all.

Rule 2

If the Reporting Verb is in the Past tense,the tense of the Verb in the Reported Speech must be changed.

Rule 3

If the Reported Speech states some universal truth or habitual fact the tense of the verb in the Reported Speed remains unchanged.

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Thus as a general rule in which there may be exceptions,we change:

• now⤍then
• this⤍that
• these⤍those
• here⤍there
• just⤍then
• came⤍go
• ago⤍before
• thus⤍so
• last night⤍the night before
• today⤍that day or the same day
• tomorrow⤍the day or the following day
• yesterday⤍the day before or the previous day.

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He said," This is my book.

He said that this was his book.(No change).

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Answer 2

I said to her,"She is very busy now."

• I told her that she was very busy then.

Know More:-

• The actual words of the speaker with punctuation is called Direct speech.

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

• While changing we have to be aware of Verb.

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

• The tense of the Verb will be changed while changing the speech .

• The pronoun should be changed according to the sense of speech.

• The inverted commas are omitted in the indirect speech.