Mother : Why are you late from school, Amit ?
Amit : While coming from school to bus stop, slipped by stepping on a banana peel.
Mother : O, my son! Did you hurt yourself ? Amit : I got a bad bruise on my left knee.
Mother asked Amit (1)....................... Amit replied that while coming f’rom school to bus stop(2)...................peel. Mother was shocked to hear this. She further asked (3).................. . Amit answered that (4)..................
Answers
Answer:
1-why are you late from school? Amit?
2-slipped by stepping on a banana peel.
3-Oh my son! Did you hurt yourself?
4-I got a bad bruise on my left knee.
Explanation:
Indirect speech :-
Mother asked Amit why he was late from school. Amit replied that while coming from school to bus stop he had slipped by stepping on a banana peel. Mother was shocked to hear this. She further asked if he had hurt himself. Amit answered that he had got a bad bruise on his left knee.
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In English there are 2 types of speeches that are:-
1. Direct speech
2. Indirect speech
Explanation!
1. Direct speech:-
→ Direct speech also known as quoted speech means the actual or exact words that are spoken by a person.
→ The direct speech is always enclosed with inverted commas (" ")
→ There is no change in words.
→ For eg; They said," Rohan is our best friend."
2. Indirect speech:-
→ Indirect speech means reporting what the first person has said or asked.
→ we change a sentence in indirect speech without using first person's actual words.
→ This is also known as reported speech.
→ We change it into the past tense.
For eg; They told that Rohan is their best friend.