Question

ram says,"im happy now".
change this into indirect speech
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Answer 1

➥ Direct Speech: In this form, the sentence conveys the speaker's exact words, with the use of quotation marks. For example:

• Rita said, "I am going to play."
• The cook said, "I made the dish."

➥ Indirect Speech: In this form, the sentence reports the speaker's words, not the actual, without the use of quotation marks. For example:

• Rita said that she was going to play.
• The cook said that he made the dish.

Let us now convert the given sentence into indirect speech step-by-step:

Ram says, "I'm happy now."

⇒ We identify the tense of the reporting verb says. It is in present tense. So, the whole sentence needs to be in present tense now (which means we need not change now to then).

⇒ We remove the quotation marks.

⇒ We can also add that after says but it is optional.

⇒ We change I'm to he is, because we are now reporting the words and so, the pronouns need to be in third person.

And we're done! The answer is:

Ram says that he is happy now.