she said to me ," I had been waiting for you for two hours Indirect speech me change
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She told me that she had been waiting for me for two hours. This is indirect speech.
What is direct and indirect speech?
- Direct speech is a narration that comes directly from the original source i.e. speaker.
- It is written in inverted commas.
- While the indirect speech is not quoted in inverted commas and conjunction 'that' is used to make an indirect speech.
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The indirect speech of the given direct speech is : She told me that she had been waiting for me for two hours.
Explanation :
- If the reporting verb is written in past tense, change of tense will happen in the reported speech. Here reporting verb is written in past tense and it is 'said'. The given reported speech is also written in Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
- It seems complicated but according to grammatical rules Past Perfect Continuous Tense turns into Past Perfect Continuous Tense and it is mentioned above. For Assertive Sentence 'Told' is used instead of 'said to'. Direct speech's I and you are indicating she and me in indirect speech.
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