Question

The father told his son to go and pay his fees at once ( convert into direct speech)

Answer 1

Indirect : The father told his son to go and pay his fees at once

Direct : The father said to his son , " Go and pay your fees at once "

Additional Information :

• There will be a tense change and some words would alter while changing the speech .
• Direct speech usually involves the actual words spoken enclosed within quotation marks .
• Direct and Indirect Speech conversion may seem difficult at the initial stages but after some practise you will find it easy .
• Always remember that in direct speech [ , and " " ] are must and should be used .
• In indirect speech there won't be any interrogative statement all the statements are converted into assertive form .

Answer 2

Given sentence

The father told his son to go and pay his fees at once.

Direct sentence

The father said to his son, "Go and pay your fees at once."

SOMETHING YOU NEED TO REMEMBER

• Direct sentences show the action of something at the present
• Commas and quotations are used.