prateek said to the teacher, "I have made a silly mistake" indirect speech
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Answer:
prateek replied the teacher that he had made a silly mistake .
Explanation:
I will be changed into he ,as the reporting verb (said)is in past tense have will change into had.
you can use said in place of said
Explanation:
Question:-
Prateek said to the teacher,"I have made a silly mistake." (change into indirect speech)
Answer:-
Prateek told to his teacher that he has made a silly mistake.
Reason:-
There are some changes like:-
• Told is used here as an indirect form of said,as said denotes the speech directly said by the speaker.
• To his is used here to show the relation between Prateek and his teacher.
• That is used in every indirect speech except interrogative sentence,to state the authority of the sentence.
• He is used here to indicate Prateek.
• Has is used here as a replacement of have and also that have doesn't goes with he according to subject verb agreement.
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