Question

The boy said, “I promised to go to the riverside with my friends.” (Change into indirect speech​

Answer 1

Direct to Indirect speech:

Direct speech:

• In the question$.$

Indirect speech:

• The boy informed that he had promised to go to the riverside with his friends Or,
• The boy told that he had promised to go to the riverside with his friends.

Here we can treat the above sentence as a simple statement and accordingly use a reporting verb told for that. But, if we can also consider it that he is informing his parents or any elders about this. Then, we can use informed for it.

Grammar bites:

In Direct speech, we will see that the dialogue of the speaker is enclosed inside inverted commas. But,

In the Indirect speech, it is the direct sentence where dialogue is not enclosed. Here, we can't predict thd exact words but it gives only the substance of what the speaker said.

• Some, rules we should remember while changing.

Like,

• If reporting verb is in past tense, then main verb is also changed into past tense.
• If reporting verb is in present/future tense, then there is no change.

And, Changes in tense are:

[ When reporting verb is in past tense ]

• Simple present ➝ Simple past.
• Present continous ➝ Past continous.
• Present perfect ➝ Past perfect
• Simple past(sometimes) ➝ Past perfect.

And we are done !!

Answer 2

Answer:

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Direct to Indirect speech:

Direct speech:

• In the question..

Indirect speech:

• The boy informed that he had promised to go to the riverside with his friends Or,
• The boy told that he had promised to go to the riverside with his friends.

Here we can treat the above sentence as a simple statement and accordingly use a reporting verb told for that. But, if we can also consider it that he is informing his parents or any elders about this. Then, we can use informed for it.

Grammar bites:

In Direct speech, we will see that the dialogue of the speaker is enclosed inside inverted commas. But,

In the Indirect speech, it is the direct sentence where dialogue is not enclosed. Here, we can't predict thd exact words but it gives only the substance of what the speaker said.

Some, rules we should remember while changing.

Like,

If reporting verb is in past tense, then main verb is also changed into past tense.

If reporting verb is in present/future tense, then there is no change.

And, Changes in tense are:

[ When reporting verb is in past tense ]

Simple present ➝ Simple past.

Present continous ➝ Past continous.

Present perfect ➝ Past perfect

Simple past(sometimes) ➝ Past perfect.