the teacher said, "Mohan, you came late yesterday and again you are late today. stand up on the bench".
Mahan said, "I am sorry. I forget to wind my watch and could not know the time this morning".
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Answer:
The teacher told Mohan that he had come late the previous day and again he was late that day. He ordered him to stand up on the bench.
Mohan felt sorry and said that he had forgotten to wind his watch and could not know the time that morning.
Explanation:
When we change the narration of a simple statement, we do the following changes in the given sentence:
1. We connect reporting verb clause with quoted speech (direct speech) using 'that'
2. We change the tense of the quoted speech into the past tense.
3. We change the pronouns according to the subject and object pronouns or nouns.
When we change an imperative direct speech or vice versa into indirect speech we do the following changes:
1. Reporting verb is changed according to the request, advice, suggestion, or command tone of the sentence.
2. Linking word 'to' is used to join the quoted speech with the reporting verb. In case the sentence is negative 'not to' is used.
3. The other changes of the tense, time adverbials, and pronouns are the same.
Answer:
The teacher said, "Mohan, you came late yesterday and again you are late today. stand up on the bench".
Mahan said, "I am sorry. I forget to wind my watch and could not know the time this morning".
- The teacher said Mohan that he had come late the day before and again he was late that day. He ordered him to stand up on the bench.
- Mahan said that he was sorry and forgot to wind his watch and could not know the time that morning.
Explanation :
- If reporting verb is written only 'said' then 'said' is used as it is but if it is 'said to' then after narration change it turns into 'told'. So here 'said' is right. 'That' is used as a linker.
- In the first sentence reporting verb is 'said' and 'you came late yesterday' are written in simple past tense, so according to English Grammar when narration change is going on then past indefinite tense turns into past perfect tense and present indefinite tense turns into past indefinite tense. 'And again you are late today' is written in simple present tense.
- And 'stand up on the bench' expresses command, so it ia an Imperative Sentence. That is why 'ordered' and linker 'to' have been used.
- And the second sentence has also been written following the above rules.
- Direct 'yesterday' turns into indirect 'the previous day / the day before' and also direct 'this' changes into indirect 'that.'