Question

The Emperor said, “ But tell me Raman, to what great work did you refer?"
(Convert into Indirect Speech).
​i want explanation how it is converted ,plz help me​

Answer 1

Answer:

The emperor asked Raman about the great work that he had referred to.

Explanation:

a) Direct: Radha said, “I am very busy now.”

b) Indirect: Radha said that she was very busy then.

1. All inverted commas or quotation marks are omitted and the sentence ends with a full stop.

2. Conjunction ‘that’ is added before the indirect statement.

3. The pronoun ‘I’ is changed to ‘she’. (The Pronoun is changed in Person)

4. The verb ‘am’ is changed to ‘was’. (Present Tense is changed to Past)

5. The adverb ‘now’ is changed to ‘then’.

6.When the reporting verb of direct speech is in past tense then all the present tenses are changed to the corresponding past tense in indirect speech.