Question

Ravi said,"the earth revolves round the sun.''
Change into indirect speech

Answer 1

Ravi said that the earth revolves round the sun.

Explanation:

Rules for Narration Change:-

1. Removal of inverted commas.

2. Change in the tense of the reported speech( words in the inverted commas)

• Present tense -> Past tense

• Past tense -> Past Participle tense

• Will, Can, May-> Would, Could, Might

3. No change will occur in the tense if the reported speech is either a  

universal truth or a habitual truth.