Question

the officer said to the clerk"file these papers immediately" narration​

Answer 1

Answer:

As a rule of conversion of direct to indirect speech, we do not change the tense of the phrase inside quotations. Also, we change 'this' to 'that'.

The Principal ordered the clerk to either do that work or leave the office.

Answer 2

Given :

The officer said to the clerk "file these papers immediately".

To do :

Change direct to indirect speech.

Rule :

The rule of conversion of direct to indirect speech is not to change the tense of the phrase inside inverted commas or quotations.

In addition to this,some words are to be changes as :

this - that

these - those

we - they

today - that day

yesterday - the previous day

Example :

Direct speech - Ram said " We will meet today."

Indirect speech - Ram said that they will meet that day.

Solution :

The officer said to the clerk to file those papers immediately.

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