Question

Rewrite as directed:

25. Change into reported speech :
fwhat is the game ? What are you getting at ?said (the burglar to the old
lady.
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Answer 1

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The burglar asked the old lady what was the game and what she was getting at.

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In form of Direct Speech:

• The actual words of the speaker are put within inverted commas (" ")
• A comma(,)is used before these words,seperating them from the first part of the sentence.
• The qouted words begin with a Capital letter.

In form of Indirect Speech.

• Here,the qouted words are not in inverted commas,but are introduced by conjunction'that'.
• There is no comma after Reporting Verb 'said'.
• The tense of the Reporting Verb is never changed.

Rules to Change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech in forms of Interrogative Sentence.

Rule1:

Whether or if is added,if the Reported Speech admits 'yes' or 'no'.

Rule2:

But whether or if is not used if the Reported Speech is introduced by an interrogative pronoun or adjective or an adverb then when,why,which, where are added.

Rule3:

Then the question form is changed into one of a statement. The conjunction 'that' is never used in such cases.

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Answer 2

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The buglar asked the old lady what was the game and what she was getting at.

ADITIONAL INFORMATION

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When the exact word of speaker are reproduced without making any change in it, is called Direct Speech.

Example:

He said "I am busy today".

In this the speaker is directly saying sentence to the another perosn. The word said in the above example is reporting verb.

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When the substance of speaker's words is reporting in the reporter's words it is called the Indirect speech.

Example:

He said they he was busy that day.

In this the speaker's words has been changed to reporter's speech.

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If reported speech is in the PRESENT, or FUTURE tense

or

• a universal truth
• a habitual fact
• scientific fact
• a permanent situation

the tense of the Reported speech DOES NOT change.

Example:

The teacher said "Earth moves around the sun."

The teacher told that Earth moves around the sun.

"WH" question beginning with when, whose, how etc. do not need conjunction.

Examples:-

The teacher said to me "what is your name?"

The teacher asked me whatever was my name.

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She asked me my name.

Changes in Adverbs

now becomes then

this becomes that

these becomes those

can becomes could

may becomes might

ago becomes before

today becomes that day

tomorrow becomes the next day/ the following day

yesterday becomes the before/ the previous day

last night becomes the night before/ the previous night

tonight becomes that night

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