Q1. Imagine you are Riya and you were out for play Your mother had received a call from your friend Sunita that she was absent from school for last two days and wanted to know about her homework. Write a short message.
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The first rule for changing direct into indirect speech is: When the reporting or principal verb is in past tense, all the present tense verbs in the direct speech (given in quotes) are changed to the corresponding past tense.
In the given sentence, the principal verb, 'said' is in simple past tense. Hence, the verbs inside the quotes are changed from simple present tense into simple past tense. Hence, the verb, 'is' in direct speech is changed to 'was' in indirect speech.
The second rule is: The pronouns in the direct speech (inside quotes) are changed so that it represents the relation with the reporter and not the speaker. So, the words, 'my mother' and 'my best friend' are changed to 'her mother' and 'her best friend' in indirect speech ('her' is used as Rashi is a the name of a feminine noun). The indirect narration of the given sentence is: 'Rashi said that her mother was her best friend'. Hence, option C is correct.
Option A: The verb 'is' is not changed to past tense. The pronoun 'my' in 'my mother' and 'my best friend' are not converted to 'her'. Hence, this is incorrect.
Option B is incorrect as the pronoun 'my' in 'my mother' and 'my best friend' are not converted to 'her'.
Option D: The reporting or principle verb 'said' has been changed to 'thinks'. The two verbs carry different meanings and cannot be substituted, one for another. Hence, this option is incorrect.
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Hello!
Explanation:
4/01/2021. 8:40pm
Hello Sunita,
How are you? I hope you are doing good! I was actually playing when you rang up to me. Lots of notes and home works were given from 2nd.. I'll sgare with you in WhatsApp.
Your friend
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