Question

Read the following conversation and change the underlined sentence into
reported speech
John Here's a camera for you Lakshmi.
Lakshmi When did you buy it John ?
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Answer 1

John said to Lakshmi, here's a camera for you.

Lakshmi asked John, when did he buy it?

Explanation:

• Indirect speech is the type of reported speech in which the main message of the speaker is conveyed without keeping the original order.

• In an indirect speech the words are not written in the order they were uttered by the original speaker.

• The original speaker is mentioned in the sentence to report whose words are being written.