Question

The air hostess said, "The hijackerstried to frighten the passengers.

Answer 1

Answer:

if it is to make into indirect speech :

the air hostess said that the hijackers tried to frighten the passangers

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The complete question is:

The air hostess said, "The hijackers tried to frighten the passengers.

Change into indirect speech.

The indirect speech form of the given sentence is:

The air hostess said that the hijackers had tried to frighten the passengers.

*Indirect speech or reported speech is used to address the words of the speaker without quoting them.

* There are certain changes observed during the conversion:

1. Omission of comma

2. Using 'that' right after the reporting verb( said).

3. Change of tense/pronoun or adverb.

* In this case, rule 1 and 2 follows. In case of rule 3, there is a change in the tense. The given verb is in the simple past form( tried), so it is changed into the past perfect form( had tried).