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she said,"you may sit here now,my dear friend."(change into indirect speech)​

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Change into indirect speech.

She said, " You may sit here now, my dear friend."

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Addressing as her dear friend, she said that I might sit there then.

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• When the exact words of the speaker are reproduced within the inverted commas, then the speech is said to be direct speech.

e.g. Mohan said, " I am glad to be with you."

• When the meaning of a speech is conveyed in the reporter's words, it is called indirect speech. There are no inverted commas in indirect speech.

e.g. Mohan said that he was glad to be with him.

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${\red{\bigstar}}$ Some rules in changing direct speech to indirect speech:

• is/am/are -----> was/were
• was/were -----> had been
• had done -----> no change
• simple present (do) ----> simple past (did)
• simple past (did) ----> past perfect (had done)
• has/have -----> had
• had -----> no change
• past perfect (had done) ----> no change (had done)
• will/shall ----> would

$\bigstar$ In certain cases, shall might be changed into should.

• may/can ----> might/could
• would/should/might/could/ought to/used to ----> no change
• must -----> had to

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${\red{\bigstar}}$ Some expressions of time and place in indirect speech:

• this/these -----> that/those
• here -----> there
• now -----> then
• ago ------> before
• today -----> that day
• yesterday ----> the day before/ the previous day
• tomorrow ----> the next day/ the following day
• next week/year ----> the following week/year
• last week/ year -----> the previous week/year

e.g. He said," I shall complete this work next week.

He said that he would complete that work the following week.

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