Question

Rohith said "I bought a car "

Answer 1

Answer:

Rohit said that he had bought a car

Answer 2

Given :

• Rohit said "I bought a car"

To Change :

• Change from direct speech to indirect Speech.

Required Answer :

• Rohit said that he had bought a car.

Explanation :

• The given sentence was in Simple past tense hence we have to change to Past Perfect tense.
• Inverted commas were removed.
• The reporting Sentence and Reported sentence was connected by the subordinating conjuction.
• The first person singular (I) was changed to third person singular (he) in the indirect speech.
• Tye suitable auxiliary verb had was added with the verb to make it past perfect form of tense.

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Know More :

What is direct Speech ?

Ans : Direct speech is a sentence in which the exact words spoken are reproduced in speech marks (also known as quotation marks or inverted commas).

Example :

1. "You'll never guess what I've just seen!" said Sam, excitedly.
2. "What's that?" asked Louise.

What is indirect speech ?

Ans : Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words.

Example :

1. They said they couldn't go to the zoo next week.
2. He asked her is she had done the homework.

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