Question

te the following dialogues in reported speech.
Daisy to Maurya: Call me as soon as you are done.
1.
Write
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2.
Father to Nafisa: I think you should take a day off. You seem to be really unwell.
3.
Customer to the designer: Change the colour. Green does not go with the background
colour.
4.
Teacher to pupils: Come a little early tomorrow so that you can watch a video before
classes begin
5.
Doctor to patient: Drink plenty of water. You will then be rid of this problem.​

Answer 1

We use reported speech when we want to tell someone what someone said. We usually use a reporting verb (e.g. say, tell, ask, etc.) and then change the tense of what was actually said in direct speech.

So, direct speech is what someone actually says? Like 'I want to know about reported speech'?

Yes, and you report it with a reporting verb.

He said he wanted to know about reported speech.

I said, I want and you changed it to he wanted.

Exactly. Verbs in the present simple change to the past simple; the present continuous changes to the past continuous; the present perfect changes to the past perfect; can changes to could; will changes to would; etc.

She said she was having the interview at four o’clock.

(Direct speech: 'I’m having the interview at four o’clock.')

They said they’d phone later and let me know.

(Direct speech: 'We’ll phone later and let you know.')

OK, in that last example, you changed you to me too.

Answer 2

1. Daisy told Maurya to call her as soon as she is done.
2. Father told Nafisa that he thought she should take a day off and added that she seemed to be really unwell.
3. Customer told the designer to change the colour and added that Green didn't go with the background colour.
4. Teacher told the pupils to come a little early the next day so that they can watch a video before classes began.
5. Doctor advised the patient to drink plenty of water and added that he would then be rid of that problem.

hope it helps..