Question

( Karthik said to me , " I played chess yesterday ." ) answer​

Answer 1

Direct speech: Karthik said to me, ''I played chess yesterday''

Indirect speech: Karthik told me that he had played chess the day before.

There are two kinds of speeches.  

1. Direct Speech:    

• In Direct speech, we repeat the exact words by the speaker. Reporting speech is placed between inverted commas. For example, He said, " I have lost my pen".

2. Indirect Speech:    

• In Indirect Speech, we repeat in our own words what is said by the speaker. generally, we use "said that" in this speech. For example, He said that he had lost his pen.

When we change direct speech to indirect speech:

present simple changed to past simple

present continuous changed to past continuous

present perfect changed to past perfect.

present perfect continuous changed to past perfect continuous

past simple change to past perfect

past continuous changed to past perfect continuous

Answer 2

Answer:

( Karthik said to me , " I played chess yesterday ." ) answer

• The direct speech is said to turn into indirect speech and it is : Karthik told me that He had played chess the previous day.

• Reporting verb and reported speech have been written in Simple Past Tense, that's why when it will turn into indirect speech then the reported speech will also be written in Past Perfect Tense and it is mentioned in indirect speech : had played chess the previous day.

• Here 'he' has been used to indicate Karthik because he played chess yesterday. 'The previous day' has been used to replace 'yesterday'.

• Therefore the right answer is : He had played chess the previous day.