Question

Ques.-6 Change into direct speech.
(a) Arjun told me that Nikhil was lazy.
(b) Susan said that she was surprised.
(c) She said that the boys knew French.
(d) The mother said that her child was unwell.​

Answer 1

a) Arjun said to me, "Nikhil is lazy."

b) Susan said, "I am surprised."

c) She said, "The boys know French."

d) The mother said ,"My child is unwell."

Explanation

These sentences were statements. When we change the narration of a simple statement, we do the following changes in the given sentence:

1. We connect reporting verb clause with quoted speech (direct speech) using 'that'

2. We change the tense of the quoted speech into the past tense.

3. We change the pronouns according to the subject and object pronouns or nouns.

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Answer 2

• Arjun said to me, "Nikhil is lazy."
• Susan said, "I am surprised."
• She said, "The boys know French."
• The mother said, "My child is unwell."