Question

Sentence in indirect speech


The mother said to Ritu, "Do not waste your time. "

Answer 1

the mother advised ritu not to waste her time.

Answer 2

The mother advised Ritu not to waste her time.

EXPLANATION

• Direct speech is a way of quoting the content of a speech exactly the way it was spoken.
• Example - Ram said, "Tom is my friend".
• Indirect speech is the way of quoting the contents of someone elses utterance without directly expressing it.
• Example- Ram said that Tom is his friend.
• Rules of to convert direct speech into indirect speech are given as under-

1. The sentence ends with a period (Full stop).
2. All the inverted commas are removed.
3. If the reporting verb is in past tense then all the verbs in the inverted commas are removed.

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