Question

reported speech
1) The boys said qe are playing a match.
2)The teacher said i will take extra class tomorrow.
3) My mother said complete this work now.
4)Anita said iam going to bengaluru.
5)The children said we are completing our project work.​

Answer 1

ANSWER :

• 1) The boys said, "We are playing a match."

✠ Reported Speech :- The boys said that they were playing a match.

• 2) The teacher said, "I will take extra class tomorrow."

✠ Reported Speech :- The teacher said that he would take extra class the next day.

• 3) My mother said, "Complete this work now."

✠ Reported Speech :- My mother ordered to complete that work then.

• 4) Anita said, "I am going to Bengaluru."

✠ Reported Speech :- Anita said that she was going to Bengaluru.

• 5) The children said, "We are completing our project work."

✠ Reported Speech :- The children said that they were completing their project work.

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KNOW MORE :

❒ Types of Speech :-

• ➬ Direct Speech

• ➬ Indirect Speech or Reported Speech

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❒ Direct Speech :-

• ➬ In Direct Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed in the same way that it is said by the speaker i.e, with speech marks and using exactly the same words.

• ➬ The words of the speaker are kept within Inverted Comma (" ") in Direct Speech and there we need ti use Comma (,) between the Reporting Verb and Direct Speech.

• ➬ The verb that introduce the Direct Speech is called Reporting Verb.

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❒ Indirect Speech :-

• ➬ In Indirect Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed without speech marks and without necessarily using exactly the same words, keeping the meaning same.

• ➬ Unlike Direct Speech, there is the need of using "that" or any necessary conjunction instead of the the Comma (,) in Indirect Speech.

• ➬ There is also needed some grammatical changes while changing the speech from Direct speech to Indirect Speech

Answer 2

He said that boys are playing a match.