Question

Tasha said to meena,'' you are late (change indirect SPEECH) ​

Answer 1

Tasha told Meena that she was late.

Answer 2

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Given sentence: Tasha said to Meena, “You are late”.

Indirect speech: Tasha told Meena that she was late.

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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 to" 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 simple tense. If the direct speech is in present simple tense, it should be changed to past simple tense in indirect speech. Hence, "are" is changed to "was".
• 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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