Question

the trainer said,"Why is everybody late today?"(Change into indirect speech)

Answer 1

The trainer said, "Why is everybody late today?"(Change into indirect speech)

Answer:

Direct: The trainer said, "Why is everybody late today?"

Indirect: The trainer asked why everybody was late that day.

There are two kinds of speeches.  

1. Direct Speech:   

• In Direct speech, we repeat the exact words by the speaker. Reporting speech is placed between inverted commas. For example, He said, " I have lost my pen".

2. Indirect Speech:   

• In Indirect Speech, we repeat in our own words what is said by the speaker. generally, we use "said that" in this speech. For example, He said that he had lost his pen.

When we change direct speech to indirect speech:

present simple changed to past simple

present continuous changed to past continuous

present perfect changed to past perfect.

present perfect continuous changed to past perfect continuous

past simple change to past perfect

past continuous changed to past perfect continuous