Saleem said, "Alas! How foolish I have been!
She said to me, " Are you busy today?"
change the narration
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Answer:
1》 Saleem exclaimed in sorrow that he had been very foolish.
2》 She asked me if I was busy that day.
Explanation:
The given sentence is in Direct speech. To change the narration means to change it into indirect speech. This is done by removing the inverted commas and converting the sentence as a reported speech statement. The first rule is to change the tense to past tense, the verb to past participle form.Change in the Tense of Reported Speech: If the first part of sentence (reporting verb part) belongs to past tense the tense of reported speech will change. If the first part of sentence (reporting verb part) belongs to present or future tense, the tense of reported speech will not change.
Answer:
Question :
Saleem said, "Alas! How foolish I have been!
She said to me, " Are you busy today?"
change the narration
Answer :
Saleem said, "Alas! How foolish I have been!"
Saleem told with sorrow that he had been foolish.
She said to me, " Are you busy today?"
She asked me whether I was busy that day.