Question

Rewrite the interview below into reported speech.

ISRO‟s aim is to utilize the benefits of space technology to improve the life of the common man. The organization focuses on developing technology that would provide quality services at affordable cost to all citizens.​

Answer 1

Rewriting the given passage in the reported speech as follows:-

ISRO said in an interview that their aim was to utilize the benefits of space technology to improve the life of the common man. Their organization focused on developing technology that would provide quality services at an affordable cost to all citizens.​

• direct speech is where the speaker's words are directly quoted,
• In indirect speech or reported speech, the exact words of the speaker are not given. They are said from a third-person perspective.
• if direct speech is in the present tense, indirect speech is in the past tense.
• inverted commas are not used in indirect speech, unlike direct speech.