Question

The shopkeeper said, this pen costs five rupees

Answer 1

Answer:

the shopkeeper told that the pen costs 5 rupees

Answer 2

The above sentence is in direct speech.

Coverting it to indirect we get,

The shopkeeper said that pen costed five rupees.

NOTE THE POINTS IN THE SPEECH CONVERSION:[Direct speech]

--> SAID is called the reporting verb and is placed outside (" ")

--> The exact words of the speaker are marked off by the inverted commas, and are called Direct Speech. The speech within the quotation is seperated from the reporting portion by a comma.

--> In direct speech the first word after the inverted commas begins with a capital letter.

Also,

The pronouns of the first person (I , we, my, mine, our, ours, me or us) of DS changes according to the person of the subject of the reporting speech.

The pronoun of third person (He, his, him, she , they,it,etc) remains same.

The pronoun of second person (you,yours,your) changes according to the person of the object of the reporting speech.

INDIRECT SPEECH:

--> if it is 'says' In direct speech it will be 'says that' in direct speech.

--> If it is 'says to' it will be tells

--> If it is 'says to' it will be tells--> if it is 'said' it will be 'said that'

--> If it is 'says to' it will be tells--> if it is 'said' it will be 'said that'--> if It is 'said to' it will be 'told to'

--> If it is 'says to' it will be tells--> if it is 'said' it will be 'said that'--> if It is 'said to' it will be 'told to'-->The reporting verb said or said to is often replaced by the words like asked requested, suggested ,enquired in the indirect speech when an order, a suggestion, or a request is reported in the direct speech.

--> If it is 'says to' it will be tells--> if it is 'said' it will be 'said that'--> if It is 'said to' it will be 'told to'-->The reporting verb said or said to is often replaced by the words like asked requested, suggested ,enquired in the indirect speech when an order, a suggestion, or a request is reported in the direct speech.Example: Rita said to watchman,"Either go or wait."(DS)

--> If it is 'says to' it will be tells--> if it is 'said' it will be 'said that'--> if It is 'said to' it will be 'told to'-->The reporting verb said or said to is often replaced by the words like asked requested, suggested ,enquired in the indirect speech when an order, a suggestion, or a request is reported in the direct speech.Example: Rita said to watchman,"Either go or wait."(DS)Rita asked the watchman either to go or wait.(IS)