the trainer said,"I am extremely sorry for being late."
Answers
Direct speech :- The trainer said , " I am extremely sorry for being late ."
Indirect speech :- The trainer said that he was extremely sorry as he was late.
Answer:
The trainer said,"I am extremely sorry for being late."
This is a direct speech.
Let us covert to indirect speech.
Direct to indirect:
- Rules, Reporting Assertive Sentences
The trainer said that he was extremely sorry for being late.
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More information to know:
Direct speech: When we use the exact words of the speaker within the quotation marks,it is called Direct speech.
Indirect speech: When we are reporting what someone else said, we normally don't use their exact words with quotation marks(direct speech) but instead we use indirect speech (or) also called reported speech.
- Indirect speech is introduced using certain phrases.
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