Question

The lecturer said,"the water cycle is an amazing phenomenon." Change this sentence into indirect speech.

Answer 1

The lecturer said that the water cycle was an amazing phenomenon.

What is Indirect Speech?

• Indirect speech is a language style that we use to describe what someone said in our own words.
• Words can be different but the meaning should remain the same.

Indirect Speech rules used in the above sentence:

There are a lot of indirect speech rules but the ones that are used in the above sentences are listed below:

• The word "that" is used as a conjunction.
• Inverted commas in the sentence are removed.
• The word "is" is changed with "was" because the sentence is changed into past.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The indirect speech of the given sentence will be -

The lecturer said that the water cycle is an amazing phenomenon.

Explanation:

• Reported or indirect speech is when a conversation is expressed in words other than those exact words uttered by the speaker(s).
• In the reported speech, the given verbs are changed into past tense.
• In case of interrogative sentence, we use the verb "asked".
• In case of assertive sentence, we use the verbs like "told", "said" or "replied".
• In case of imperative sentence, we use the verb like "ordered", "requested" and "advised".
• If the reporting speech is in interrogative, in reported speech it will be changed into assertive sentence.
• If the reporting speech is a universal truth, then the tense remains simple present in reported speech too.

• The given sentence is a universal truth, so the will not change in the reported speech.

To know more about reported speech, follow the given links-

1. brainly.in/question/6975287
2. brainly.in/question/1845704

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