Question

Ques. Change the narration?
1.The manager asked the employee why he had been absent the day before.

2. He said, " I am glad to see you here."

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Answer 1

Answer:

1. Manager to employee,'Why were you absent yesterday?'

2. He said that he was glad to see me there.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. The manager said, "why were you absent yesterday?".
2. He said that he was glad to see me there.

Explanation:

• In reported speech, the tense of the sentence usually changes.
• The first sentence is an example of interrogative sentence.
• The tense of the question is Past Perfect tense.
• So the dialogue should be written in Simple Past tense.
• Similarly, the dialogue of the second question is in Simple Present tense.
• Therefore the reported speech should be in Simple Past tense.

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