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Question :
Change the direct speeches into indirect speeches :
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Solution :
10. She tells them that this is her and that is their.
11. She tells me that she wanted to help me but she couldn't.
12. The workers tells the owner that he/she can't do without them.
13. He will tell me that he is my neighbour and so I should help him.
14. We will tell him that we are his friends and so he should help us.
15. He tells me that he knows me and my family very well but I don't know him at all.
16. She tells me that she has been waiting for me since morning.
17. He tells me that he was reading while I was playing.
18. She tells him that she will be his true friend.
19. He tells me that she helps me.
20. The farmers tell me that they never quarrel with them.
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Some rules for direct speech - indirect speech if reporting verb is in past tense then in reported sentence :
Direct Indirect
Simple Present - Simple past
Present continuous - Past continuous
Present perfect - Past perfect
Present perfect continuous - Past perfect continuous
Simple past - Past perfect
Past continuous - Past perfect continuous
Past perfect - Past perfect
Past perfect continuous - Past perfect continuous
Note :
If reporting verb is in present form or in future form , then there will be no change in reported sentence in indirect speech. EX : In the above question, all the reporting verbs in direct speech sentences are in present form, so there was no change in the form of verbs in indirect speech - reported sentences.
Question :
Change the direct speeches into indirect speeches :
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Solution :
10. She tells them that this is her and that is their.
11. She tells me that she wanted to help me but she couldn't.
12. The workers tells the owner that he/she can't do without them.
13. He will tell me that he is my neighbour and so I should help him.
14. We will tell him that we are his friends and so he should help us.
15. He tells me that he knows me and my family very well but I don't know him at all.
16. She tells me that she has been waiting for me since morning.
17. He tells me that he was reading while I was playing.
18. She tells him that she will be his true friend.
19. He tells me that she helps me.
20. The farmers tell me that they never quarrel with them.
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Explore more:-
There are two ways of reporting what someone has spoken:-
a) When the exact words spoken by a person are used , it is called direct speech.
b) When the words spoken by a person are put in our own words , it is called indirect speech.
For example:-
Suppose your friend told you that you have a good handwriting. You want to convey this to your parents.You can do it in either of these two ways :-
- My friend said to me, "You have a good handwriting. (Direct speech)
- My friend told me that I had a good handwriting.(indirect speech)
Related information:-
- The exact words of the speaker, written within Quotation marks or Inverted commas (“”) is called Reported speech.
- The verb that introduces the Reported speech is called a Reporting verb