Question

My friend said to me let us go for a walk

Answer 1

Question :

My friend said to me, "Let us go for a walk."

[ Change the mode of narration ]

Answer :

My friend proposed to me that we should go for a walk.

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▪Knowledge Booster :-

There are two types of speeches ----

1. Direct speech or Direct narration

2. Indirect speech or Indirect narration

1. Direct speech :-

What a man says is kept as it is within a quotation (" ") marks. A sentence containing such a quote is called the DIRECT SPEECH or DIRECT NARRATION.

➩ The direct speech is always enclosed with inverted commas (" ")

➩ There is no change in words.

Example : My friend said to me, "Let us drop the matter."

2. Indirect speech :-

Sometimes the exact speech of a speaker is not repeated but reported. Such a speech is called INDIRECT SPEECH or INDIRECT NARRATION.

➩ 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.

Example: My friend proposed to me that we should drop the matter.

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Answer 2

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Question :

My friend said to me, "Let us go for a walk."

[ Change the mode of narration ]

Answer :

My friend proposed to me that we should go for a walk.

_____________________

▪Knowledge Booster :-

There are two types of speeches ----

1. Direct speech or Direct narration

2. Indirect speech or Indirect narration

1. Direct speech :-

What a man says is kept as it is within a quotation (" ") marks. A sentence containing such a quote is called the DIRECT SPEECH or DIRECT NARRATION.

➩ The direct speech is always enclosed with inverted commas (" ")

➩ There is no change in words.

Example : My friend said to me, "Let us drop the matter."

2. Indirect speech :-

Sometimes the exact speech of a speaker is not repeated but reported. Such a speech is called INDIRECT SPEECH or INDIRECT NARRATION.

➩ 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.

Example: My friend proposed to me that we should drop the matter.

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