Question

She said"i have baked a cake " change into indirect speech

Answer 1

She saif that she have baked a cake

Answer 2

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Given sentence: She said, “I have baked a cake”.

Indirect speech: She told that she had baked a cake.

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• We're asked to change the given sentence to indirect speech.
• First we have removed the inverted commas (“ ”) from the sentence.
• Next we have change the word "said" as "told" in the sentence.
• Then, we should add suitable conjunction before the direct statement. So, "that" is added.
• Here, in direct speech, it is given in present perfect tense. If the direct speech is in present perfect tense, it should be changed to past perfect tense in indirect speech. Hence, "have baked" is changed to "had baked".
• And finally the sentence should be ended with a full stop and we're done.

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‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Generally, to say something what someone had said, can be said in two ways. And that's what Direct and indirect speeches. Let's see about them clearly by understanding with a situation.

Situation: In today's Maths class, your friend didn't complete her homework. So she would have said about that to the teacher. And now, you want to say about that to your brother. How will you say?

• My friend said to the teacher, "I haven't completed my homework".

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• My friend told to the teacher that she hadn't completed her homework.

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★The first way of saying is called as direct speech.

Direct speech – Saying something directly to someone which he/she had said without changing the person's words.

★And the second way of saying is called as indirect speech.

Indirect speech – Saying something which was already said, but saying it with some modifications what he/she had said.

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