Miss mason said ," You remember wanda petronski , the gifted little artist who won the drawing contest ? Well, she has written me, and I am Glad to know where she lives , because now I can send her medal." Convert into indirect speech.
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Explanation:
ANSWER:-
Miss Mason asked whether the students remember Wanda Petroski, the gifted little artist who won the drawing contest. She added that she wrote to her and she was glad to know where she lived, because she would now be able to send her medal.
Things to Note:-
- Converting Direct to Indirect
- The tense change to past tense.
- The double quotation Mark's and commas are removed.
- Added, suggested, asked are added.
- Also, the future tense is not changed. Instead modal verb of the sentence is changed.
- Pronominal changes will take place.
Required Answer :-
Miss Mason asked if/whether the students remembered Wanda Petronski, the gifted little artist who had won the drawing contest. The added that she had written her and she was glad to know where she lived, because now she could send her medal.
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Additional Information :-
In english there are two types of speeches.
⓵ Direct Speech
⓶ Indirect Speech
The meaning of a sentence in both the speeches is same.
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⎈ Structure of Direct Speech
In Direct Speech there are two parts :-
(i) Reporting Verb
(ii) Reported Speech
⌬ Reporting Verb
The verb (usually say, said, asked or replied) which generally comes before the inverted commas is called Reporting Verb
⌬ Reported Speech
The part within the inverted commas (or the exact words of the speaker) is called the Reported Speech.
Ram said,"He is playing cricket".
Here,
⎊ Reporting Verb - said
⎊ Reported Speech - He is playing cricket
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⎈ Structure of Indirect Speech
⎉ In Indirect Speech there is no inverted commas.
⎉ The comma separating the Reporting Verb and Reported Speech is removed.
⎉ Instead of comma we write that , whether etc. [Discussed Later]
Example : Ram said that he was playing cricket.
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◆ What should be written in place of inverted comma in Indirect Speech ?
✦ In Assertive Sentence (also said Declarative Sentence or Statement) we write that in place of inverted commas in Indirect Speech.
✦ In Exclamatory Sentence we write that in place of inverted commas in Indirect Speech.
✦ In Question sentences there are two types :-
(i) For Yes or No Questions we write whether or if in place of inverted commas.
(ii) For wh Questions we write the wh question word in place of inverted commas.
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☯︎ Some common changes while changing Direct Speech to Indirect Speech
Direct - Indirect
(i) Now - Then
(ii) This - That
(iii) These - Those
(iv) Here - There
(v) Thus - So
(vi) Ago - Before
(vii) Hither - Thither
(viii) Hence - Thence
(ix) Today - That day
(x) Tonight - That night
(xi) Tomorrow - The next day or The following day
(xii) Yesterday - The previous day or The day before
(xiii) Next week - The following week
(xiv) Last week - The previous week
(xv) Just - Then
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☯︎ Change in the form of the helping verb while changing Direct Speech to Indirect Speech
(i) is/am - was
(ii) are - were
(iii) will - would
(iv) shall - should
(v) can - could
(vi) may - might
(vii) has/have - had
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☯︎ Similar changes in the forms of verb also takes place.
(i) v¹ - v²
(ii) v² - had v³
(iii) had v³ - No change
Examples :
(i) eat - ate
(ii) ate - had eaten
(iii) had eaten - No change
❍ NOTE :
◆ v¹ ➪ First form of verb ➪ Present Tense
◆ v² ➪ Second form of verb ➪ Past Tense
◆ v³ ➪ Third form of verb ➪ Past Participle Tense
◆ v⁴ ➪ Fourth form of verb ➪ Continues form of verb
Examples :
v¹⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀v² ⠀⠀⠀⠀v³⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀v⁴
Eat ⠀⠀⠀Ate ⠀ ⠀Eaten⠀ ⠀Eating⠀
Go⠀⠀ ⠀Went⠀⠀Gone⠀ ⠀Going
Fly ⠀⠀⠀Flew ⠀⠀Flown⠀⠀Flying
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❖ We use 123 SON rule while changing pronouns in Direct Speech to Indirect Speech.
✹ S stands for Subject
✹ O stands for Object
✹ N stands for No Change
There are three rules in 123 SON rule.
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❐ Rule No. 1
First - Person Pronouns (I, me, my, we, us, our) in Reported speech change according to the Subject of the Reporting Verb.
Example :
❍ I said ,"I am honest". [Direct Speech]
➪ I said that I am honest. [Indirect Speech]
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❐ Rule No. 2
Second - Person Pronouns (you, your) in Reported speech change according to the Object of the Reporting Verb.
Example :
❍ I said to you, "You are honest." [Direct Speech]
➪ I told you that you were honest. [Indirect Speech]
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❐ Rule No. 3
Third - Person Pronouns (he, she , his , her, it , they, them) in Reported speech remain unchanged.
Example :
❍ I said to him, "He is honest." [Direct Speech]
➪ I told him that he was honest. [Indirect Speech]
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❖ Rules for change of Tense
❶ Simple Present Tense - Simple Past Tense
Direct: I write.
Indirect: I wrote.
❷ Present Continuous Tense - Past Continuous Tense
Direct: I am writing.
Indirect: I was writing
❸ Present Perfect Tense- Past Perfect Tense
Direct: I have written.
Indirect: I had written.
❹ Present Perfect Continuous Tense - Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Direct: I have been writing.
Indirect: I had been writing.
❺ Simple Past Tense - Past Perfect Tense
Direct: I wrote.
Indirect: I had written.
❻ Past Continuous Tense - Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Direct: I was writing.
Indirect: I had been writing.
❼ Past Perfect Tense - No change
❽ Past Perfect Continuous Tense - No change
❾ Future Tense - Conditional
Direct: I will write.
Indirect: I would write.
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