Question

Ques 1 Change the following into indirect speech.
1. She says, “I am writing a letter to my brother.”
2. She says, “I was not writing a letter to my brother.”


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Answer 1

1. She said that she was writing a letter to her brother

2. She said that she was not writing a letter to her brother.

The use of direct and Indirect speech in English Grammar

• Direct speech is used when we just repeat what someone said in exactly the same manner and put it in quotation marks.
• For example, Brian says, " I don't want to go to school."
• Indirect speech is used when we report someone's else statement in our own words without using quotation marks. words can be changed in indirect speeches long as the meaning is the same.
• For example, Brian said that he didn't want to go to school