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® Change the following into indirect speech.
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1. Ravi said to Shila, “I can tell you all about him tomorrow.”
2. They say to her, “You ruined your health last year."
3. He said to me, “I visited Japan with your uncle last year."
4. Father will say to her, “I am giving you time until
tomorrow."
5. Ramesh said, “Mira, I may phone you tomorrow.'
6. The doctor said to me, “You have to take this medicine for
the next three weeks."
7. My friends said to her, "Your dog was with us yesterday.”
8. The beggar was saying to the tourists, "God will bless
you if you give me something to eat."
9. Sharada said to him, “This was the letter they wrote to me
a long time ago."
10. They will say to you, "If you see this, you will be surprised"
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Answer 1

Answer:

1. Ravi said to Shila that he can tell all about hum the next day.
2. They said to her that she dont her health the last year.
3. He said to me that he visited Japan with my uncle the previous year.
4. Father would say to her that he was giving her time until the next day.
5. Ramesh said to Mira that he might phone her next day.
6. The doctor said to me to take that medicine for the next three weeks.
7. My friends said to her that her dog was with them the previous day.
8. The beggar had been saying to the tourists taht the god would bless them if they give him something to eat.
9. Sharada said to him that that was the letter they wrote to her.
10. They would say to me that if I see that, I would be surprised.

Answer 2

$\huge{\orange{\boxed{Indirect\:Speech}}}$

1. Ravi said to Shila, “I can tell you all about him tomorrow.”

→ Ravi said to Shila that he can tell all about hum the next day.

2. They say to her, “You ruined your health last year."

→ They said to her that she dont her health the last year.

3. He said to me, “I visited Japan with your uncle last year."

→ He said to me that he visited Japan with my uncle the previous year.

4. Father will say to her, “I am giving you time until tomorrow."

→ Father would say to her that he was giving her time until the next day.

5. Ramesh said, “Mira, I may phone you tomorrow.'

→ Ramesh said to Mira that he might phone her next day.

6. The doctor said to me, “You have to take this medicine for the next three weeks."

→ The doctor said to me to take that medicine for the next three weeks.

7. My friends said to her, "Your dog was with us yesterday.”

→ My friends said to her that her dog was with them the previous day.

8. The beggar was saying to the tourists, "God will bless you if you give me something to eat."

→ The beggar had been saying to the tourists that the god would bless them if they give him something to eat.

9. Sharada said to him, “This was the letter they wrote to me a long time ago."

→ Sharada said to him that that was the letter they wrote to her.

10. They will say to you, "If you see this, you will be surprised"

→ They would say to me that if I see that, I would be surprised.

$\huge{\orange{\boxed{Rules\:of\:Indirect\:Speech}}}$

1. SON Rule

→ In this rule, first person change into subject of the sentence, second person change into object of sentence and third person does not change.

1st Person → Subject

2nd Person → Object

3rd Person → No Change

2. Change of Tense

→ In this rule, all the formula of present tense converts into past tense when we convert direct into indirect speech.

→ Simple past tense convert convert into past perfect and past continuous converts into past perfect continuous. Past perfect has no change of tense. Past perfect continuous also has no change of tense. "Shall/will" converts into "should/would". "Can" converts into "could". "May" converts into "might". "Could/should/would/might" generally doesn't change.

3. Change of other Parts of Speech

→ "This" converts into "that". "These" converts into "those". "Yesterday" converts into "the day before". "Tommorow" converts into "the following day". "Today" converts into "that day". "Thus" converts into "so". "Now" converts into "then". "Hence" converts into "thence". "Here" converts into "there".

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