Question

Mrs Raman said, "The children have bewn playing all day." report in indirect speech

Answer 1

Answe Mrs Raman said that the children have been playing all day :

Explanation:

Answer 2

Explanation:

Question:-

Mrs. Raman said,"The children have been playing all day." (Change into indirect speech)

Answer:-

Mrs. Raman told that the children had been playing all day.

Reason:-

There are some changes like:-

• Told is used here as the reported word which describes the feelings of the the speaker while telling the sentence. The speaker here is simply stating a fact,so only told is used.

• That is used here to connect the before and after sentences of inverted commas.

• Had is past form of "have" that is indirect speech according to the rule of using perfect/past tense in indirect speech.

★ More to know

There are mainly two types of speeches that are used in English.

They are:-

• Direct speech : In this speech,the sentence is mainly the actual quoted words said by the speaker,along with appropriate punctuation marks.

For example:-

• Ram said,"Let's study for final exam."

• Shailesh said to Dhanish,"Get me a glass of water."

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• Indirect speech : In this speech,the sentence is mainly the words quoted by the third person in an indirect way of the actual conversation between speaker and other person.

For example:-

• Ram suggests to study for final exam.

• Shailesh ordered Dhanush to get help him a glass of water.

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