Question

Indirect speech of Mac said i watched this program last week

Answer 1

Mac said he watched this program last week.

Answer 2

The answer is as follows:

Mac said that he had watched that program the previous week.

Direct and Indirect Speech

• Direct speech refers to the statements spoken directly by the speaker. Indirect speech refers to statements repeated by someone else. It is also called the reported speech. Together they are also called narration.

• In the given sentence, the reporting verb is in the past tense. Thus, the subordinate clause will also be written in the past tense in the indirect speech.

• The simple past changes to past perfect in the indirect speech. Thus, 'watched' changes to 'had watched.'

• 'I' changed to 'he' since Mac is taken to be a male. 'This' changes to 'that, and 'last week' changes to 'the previous week.'

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