Question

ramu said, "I like sweet".(report the following sentences)​

Answer 1

Ramu said, "I like sweet".(report the following sentences)

Answer:

Ramu said that he liked sweets.

There are two kinds of speeches.

1. Direct Speech:

In Direct speech, we repeat the exact words by the speaker. Reporting speech is placed between inverted commas. For example, He said, " I have lost my pen".

2. Indirect Speech:

In Indirect Speech, we repeat in our own words what is said by the speaker. generally, we use "said that" in this speech. For example, He said that he had lost his pen.

When we change direct to indirect speech:

Keep in mind its tense while changing the narration.

present simple changed to past simple

present continuous changed to past continuous

present perfect changed to past perfect.