Question

The mangaer said,"What afunny idea it is!" change into indirect speech
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Answer 1

Answer:

The indirect speech of the sentence is :

The Manager exclaimed that it was a funny idea.

Explanation: in the sentence "said" is change in (exclaimed) and than we put " that" in the sentence.

what is change in (it was) and than we put the the objects in the end of the sentence.

Answer 2

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Given Sentence

• The manager said,"What a funny idea it is!" (Direct speech)
• The manager exclaimed that it was a funny idea. (Indirect speech)

How the tense changed?

Present Simple → Past Simple

Present Continuous → Past Continuous

Present Perfect → Past Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

Past Simple → Past Perfect

Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect - No change

Past Perfect Continuous - No change

Explore more:-

There are two ways of reporting what someone has spoken:-

• a) When the exact words spoken by a person are used , it is called direct speech.

• b) When the words spoken by a person are put in our own words , it is called indirect speech.

For example:-

Suppose your friend told you that you have a good handwriting. You want to convey this to your parents.You can do it in either of these two ways :-

• My friend said to me, "You have a good handwriting. (Direct speech)
• My friend told me that I had a good handwriting.(indirect speech)

Related information:-

• The exact words of the speaker, written within Quotation marks or Inverted commas (“ ”) is called Reported speech.
• The verb that introduces the Reported speech is called a Reporting verb