Question

The teacher said to a boy, "can you tell me in detail the causes of the great war? (change direct to indirect speech?

Answer 1

The teacher asked a boy if he could tell her in detail the causes of the great war.

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• A conversation between two people ie between the first person and the second person is called direct speech.

• Example - Swastik said to Suraj, " I'll rock there."

• When the same dialogues are reported to a third person, it's called indirect speech.

• Example - Swastik told Suraj that he would rock there.

$\green{Rules:}$

• All the tenses of the direct speech are converted to the past tense in the indirect speech, but if the sentence is already in past tense, it turns to past perfect tense.

• Example -

1. Kshitij said to Khushali, " We watch a movie daily.

=> Kshitij told Khushali that they watched a movie daily.

• If the direct speech is a universal truth, the tense of the sentence doesn't change in the indirect speech.

• Example -

1. Sudarshan said, " The sun rises in the east."

=> Sudarshan said that the sun rises in the east.

• If the reporting verb is in the present or future tense, the tense of the verb isn't changed in the indirect speech.

• Example -

1. Samarth says , " I write a letter. "

=> Samarth says that he writes a letter.

• If the person addressed to, reports the speech, the second person in the direct speech becomes first person in the indirect speech.

• Example -

1. Varsha said to me , "You're a genius."

=> Varsha told me that I was a genius.

Answer 2

The teacher asked a boy if he could tell her in detail the causes of the great war.

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