Question

reported speech 1. “I’ll phone you at five,” I said to her​

Answer 1

Answer :

I told her that I would phone her at five.

Explanation :

As this sentence is a statement,

said to ⟶ told

Future tense (will) ⟶ would

Connecting word ⟶ that

you ⟶ her.

More about this topic :

Direct to Indirect

There are certain rules to be followed. They are,

1. Reporting verb :

For statements,

• said to ⟶ told, say and says ⟶ tense + verb will not change
• connecting word ⟶ that

For Introgative,

• said to ⟶ asked / demanded / questioned
• Connecting word ⟶ If/Whether for non - Wh questions.

For Imperative,

• said to ⟶ ordered / commanded / advised / requested
• connecting words ⟶ 'to' for positive sentences, 'not to' for negative sentences.

For exclamatory,

• said to ⟶ exclamed with joy/sorrow / wished
• connecting word ⟶ that.

2. Adding conjunctions, Removing commas and quotations :

• Add full stops and commas.
• Remove commas and quotations.

3. Pronoun change :

• I ⟶ He/She
• We ⟶ They
• You ⟶ He/She/They/I/his/her/them

4. Tense change :

• Present tense ⟶ Past Tense
• Present continuous ⟶ Past continuous
• Present perfect ⟶ Past perfect
• Past ⟶ Past perfect
• Past continuous ⟶ Past Perfect continuous
• will/shall/may/can ⟶ would/should/might/could

5. Adverbial change :

• Today ⟶ that day
• Tomorrow ⟶ the next day/the day after
• Last week/month/year ⟶ the previous week/month/year / the week/month/year before
• Next week/month/year ⟶ the previous week/month/year / the week/month/year after
• ago ⟶ before
• here ⟶ there
• this / these ⟶ that / those
• now ⟶ then