The teacher said," The earth is round like a ball." ( change the narration )
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Given :- The teacher said," The earth is round like a ball." ( change the narration. )
Answer :-
Points To Remember :- Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.
Example :-
→ Mila said, "I'm organizing a party." (Direct)
→ Mila said that she was organizing a party. (Indirect)
In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense. In place of comma we use "that" .
Also,
- This changes to that .
- Tomorrow changes to the next day .
- will changes to would .
- can changes to could .
→ Direct :- The teacher said, "The earth is round like a ball."
→ Indirect :- The teacher said that the earth is round like a ball .
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change this sentence into the indirect speech
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The teacher said," The earth is round like a ball." ( change the narration )
Answer:
The teacher said," The earth is round like a ball." (Direct)
The teacher said that the earth is round like a ball. (Indirect)
- The given statement is having a universal truth. So, no need to change the tense in the indirect form.
- No need to change the tense when the statements are having universal truths. such as "The sun rises in the east", " The sun sets in the west", The earth is round", etc.
- Universal truth statements have an accepted fact, habitual actions, and a general truth.
- We just need to remove inverted commas and add the word "that" while changing universal sentences from direct to indirect speech.