Question

the plumber said to the lady, 'i will repair the tap next week'- change the sentence to indirect speech
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Answer 1

ʜᴇʏ ᴜsᴇʀ! ʜᴇʀᴇ's ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ..

ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴅʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʀᴇᴘᴀɪʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴀᴘ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ.

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Answer 2

Question :

The plumber said to the lady , “ I will repair the tap next week.” ( Change into indirect speech )

Answer :

The plumber told the lady that he would repair the tap next week.

Additional information :

• Direct speech :-

The message of the speaker is reported in his own actual words without any change.

• Indirect speech :-

The message of the speaker is reported in our own words.

★ Some rules while changing into indirect speech :-

• All inverted commas and question mark are omitted and the sentence ends with full stop.

• ' That ’ is added before the indirect statement in Assertive Sentence , ‘ If /whether ’ is added before the indirect statement in interrogative sentence.

• Even present tense will be converted into past tense.

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