Question

Rahi said to me, " I was ill last week but I am better now " - change into indirect speech.
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Answer 1

Answer:

Rahi told me that she had been ill last week but she was better then.

Answer 2

Answer:

Rahi told me that he had been ill but he was better then.

Explanation:

• There are two ways of relating what a person has said: direct and indirect.
• In direct speech we repeat the original speaker’s exact words:

Rahi said to me, " I was ill last week but I am better now "

• Repeated are placed between inverted commas, and a comma is placed immediately before the remark. Direct speech is found in conversations in books, in plays and in quotations.In indirect speech we give the exact meaning of a remark or a speech, without necessarily using the speaker’s exact words

Rahi told me that he had been ill but he was better then.

• There is no comma after say in indirect speech. that can usually be omitted after say and tell + object.