Question

My uncle said to me ,"go to bed early to maintain good health". change into indirect speech​

Answer 1

Answer:

My uncle told me to go bed early to maintain good health

Answer 2

Answer:

My uncle instructed me to go to bed early to maintain health.

Explanation:

• The quoting of the exact words said by the speaker with the use of inverted commas is known as direct speech.

• The reporting of the words spoken by the speaker without the use of inverted commas is known as indirect speech.

• To change the given sentence from direct speech to indirect speech,  the following steps are to be followed! :-

➱ The inverted commas quoting the words spoken by the speaker are to be removed.

➱ The tense of the sentence has to be changed to its corresponding past tense.

➱ The reporting verb is replaced by 'instructed'. If the statement is imperative (conveying command), the reporting verb changes to 'told', 'demanded' etc.  

➱ Some words are to be changed into their indirect form:  

• Now - then
• Today - that day
• Yesterday - the previous day      
• Tomorrow - the next day
• This - that
• These - those.