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She said I am suffering from fever change in indirect speech

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Answered by jhangir789
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Indirect Speech: The teacher said that he/she was suffering from fever.

  • When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the present continuous tense, then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past continuous tense.

What is in indirect speech?

  • Reported or indirect speech is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken.
  • We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to introduce the reported words.
  • Inverted commas are not used.

How does it change in indirect speech?

  • When we change the sentence into Indirect speech the positions of subject and verb are interchanged, as in: He asked whether he was there.
  • Once again the pronoun is changed to third person and the verb is changed to the past tense.
  • The reporting verb can be asked or inquired to name but two.

Hence, The indirect (reported) speech will change to the past continuous tense when the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the present continuous tense.

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