Neetha said i am taking my driving test tomorrow rewrite into reported speech
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Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.
Example: Lydia said,"My brother will come tomorrow." (Direct)
Lydia said that her brother would come the next day. (Indirect)
In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day', 'will' changes to 'would', 'can' changes to 'could' and many other words have to be made. Also, if the sentence is contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.
Neetha said,"I am taking my driving test tomorrow." (Direct)
Neetha said that she was taking her driving test the next day. (Indirect)
Question:-
Change to Indirect Speech:
Neetha said, "I am taking my driving test tomorrow."
Answer:-
Neetha said that she was taking her driving test the next day.
Here,
So, 'that' has been added after 'said'.
'am' changed to 'was' with the change in tense.
'I' changed to 'she' as it was meant for the listener.
'tomorrow' changed into 'next day'
What is Direct/Indirect Speech ?
Direct Speech: It involves writing the actual words of the speaker within Inverted Commas.
Indirect Speech: It involves changing the words of the speaker by changing the tense to narrate to the some other person.