Question

the officer said to clerk," do it immediately".
change into indirect speech.

Answer 1

The officer ordered the clerk to do it immediately....

Answer 2

Question :

Change the given sentence into indirect speech.

The officer said to clerk," Do it immediately".

Answer :

The officer ordered the clerk to do that immediately.

The rules to change a direct speech into an indirect speech are as follows :

• The comma and the double quotations are to be omitted.
• The tense of the sentence inside the quotation does not change if the reported verb is in present tense.
• The tense of the sentence inside the quotation changes accordingly if the reported verb is in past tense.
• The given sentence inside the quotation is Imperative(order).
• Here , the reported verb is in simple past tense, yet the tense of the sentence inside quotation remains unchanged since it is an order .

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