Question

Rahul said to Meena the boys are not late change into indirect speech​

Answer 1

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Given sentence: Rahul said to Meena, “The boys are not late”.

Indirect speech: Rahul told Meena that the boys were not late.

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• We're asked to change the given sentence to indirect speech.
• First we have removed the inverted commas (“ ”) from the sentence.
• Next we have change the word "said to" as "told" in the sentence.
• Then, we should add suitable conjunction before the direct statement. So, "that" is added.
• Here, in direct speech, it is given in present simple tense. If the direct speech is in present simple tense, it should be changed to past simple tense in indirect speech. Hence, "are" is changed to "was".
• And finally the sentence should be ended with a full stop and we're done.

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‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Generally, to say something what someone had said, can be said in two ways. And that's what Direct and indirect speeches. Let's see about them clearly by understanding with a situation.

Situation: In today's Maths class, your friend didn't complete her homework. So she would have said about that to the teacher. And now, you want to say about that to your brother. How will you say?

• My friend said to the teacher, "I haven't completed my homework".

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• My friend told to the teacher that she hadn't completed her homework.

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★The first way of saying is called as direct speech.

Direct speech – Saying something directly to someone which he/she had said without changing the person's words.

★And the second way of saying is called as indirect speech.

Indirect speech – Saying something which was already said, but saying it with some modifications what he/she had said.

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Answer 2

Topic – Direct and Indirect Speech

Given Sentence:

• Rahul said to Meena the boys are not late

AnsweR:

• Rahul told Meena that the boys were not late.

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How verbs change in reported speech?

Direct Speech⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Indirect Speech

Simple present⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Simple past

Present continuous⠀⠀⠀Past continuous

Present perfect⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Past Perfect

Present perfect Past perfect continuous⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ continuous ⠀

Simple past⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Past perfect

Past continuous⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Past perfect ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀continuous

Past perfect⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Past perfect

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More to know:

Suppose your teacher told you that you were the most intelligent boy in your class. You want to convey this to your parents. You can do it in either of these two ways:

1. My teacher said to me, “You are the most intelligent boy in the class.”
2. My teacher told me that I was the most intelligent boy in the class.

In sentence 1, you have repeated your teacher's exact words. In order to make it clear that you are repeating the words actually spoken by the teacher, they are put within Quotation marks ("... ..."). This method of quoting someone is called Direct Speech or Narration.

In sentence 2, you have put in your own words what the teacher said. This method of quoting someone is called Indirect Speech or Narration.

What is Direct Speech?

• When the exact words used by a speaker are reproduced within Quotation Marks, it is called Direct Speech.

What is Indirect Speech?

• When the substance of a speech is conveyed in the reporter's words, it is called Indirect Speech

Things to Remember in Direct and Indirect Speech :–

In Direct Speech -

1. The exact words of the speaker are put within Inverted Commas (“ ”).
2. The Direct Speech is separated from the remaining sentence by a Comma ( , ).
3. The first word of the Reported Speech begins with a Capital Letter.

In Indirect Speech -

1. No Inverted Commas are used.
2. No Comma is used to separate the Reported speech from the rest of the sentence.
3. A Conjunction, if necessary, is used to join the Reported Speech with the rest of the sentence.
4. The Tense of the Verb undergoes a change. (The Tense of the Verb in the Reported Speech is changed from Present to Past).