Question

my friend said,“ By God ! I did not mean it.”change into indirect speech​

Answer 1

Here is the correct answer:

My friend exclaimed, swearing that he had not meant it.

Explanation

When we convert an exclamatory direct speech into indirect speech, we remove ‘How’ or ‘What’ and put ‘very’ in front of the adjective. For example, the exclamatory sentence ‘How intelligent she is!’ will change into ‘She is very intelligent.’

The rest of the tense and pronoun conversion are applied as per the rules of the direct-indirect speech.

Answer 2

Indirect speech:

My friend exclaimed that my friend did not meant it.

Explanation:

• The sentence is given as direct speech which is changed into reported speech.
• The word "that" is used in the reported speech. Since, there is a phrase "by god" defines the exclamation, the word exclaimed is used.
• The present tense in the direct speech is converted into past tense in indirect speech. If the direct speech is in past tense, it is converted into past participle.