Question

Q.5. Convert the following into indirect speech. [7]

1. He said, “I am going out.”

2. Reema said, “I have finished my homework.”

3. She says, “I like this dress.”

4. The boy said, “I have been selected.”

5. Meeta said to Rita, “I live in Himachal.”

6. My uncle said to me, “I am tired now.”

7. Chitra said to doctor, “My baby was crying all night.”​

Answer 1

Answer:

He said that he was going out

Reema said that she had finished her homework

she says that she likes that dress

The boy said that he had been selected

Meeta told Rita that she lived in himachal

My uncle told me that he was tired then

Chitra told doctor that her baby had been crying for all night.

Answer 2

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1. He said, “I am going out.”

• He said that he was going out

2. Reema said, “I have finished my homework.”

• Reema said that she had finished her work

3. She says, “I like this dress.”

• She says that she like this dress

4. The boy said, “I have been selected.”

• The boy said that he had been selected

5. Meeta said to Rita, “I live in Himachal.”

• Meeta said to Rita that she lived in Himachal

6. My uncle said to me, “I am tired now.”

• My uncle told me that he was tired then

7. Chitra said to doctor, “My baby was crying all night.”

• Chitra said to the doctor that her baby was crying all night.

Note :-

• If the tense of the reporting verb is in past or future tense the tenses of the direct speech does not change
• Present continuous changes to past continuous tense
• Simple present changes to simple past tense
• Past continuous changes to past perfect continuous tense