Question

my intructor said to me "you acted quickly" into indirect speech

Answer 1

Answer:

My instructor told me that I acted quickly.

Explanation:

✩ We were required to change the given sentence from direct speech to indirect speech..!!

Direct speech refers to a sentence having the exact words spoken by the speaker. For example:

• I said to him, "My homework is complete."

Indirect speech refers to the reporting of the words said by the speaker without quoting them as it is done in the direct speech.

• I informed him that my homework was complete.

✩ To convert direct speech to indirect speech,  

   » Remove the inverted commas ( " " ).

  » The indirect speech is in the past tense always and in the same type of tense.

   » Change the words:

this ⇨  that

tonight ⇨ that night

now ⇨ then

these ⇨ those  

today ⇨ that day  

yesterday ⇨ the previous day  

tomorrow ⇨ the next day

ago ⇨ before etc.

  » Note that indirect speech is in the past tense, unless there is a universal fact in the sentence. It will remain in its tense.