Question

‘There has been an accident and the road is blocked’’, said the policeman. (Change to
indirect speech) and Do you own this property? (Change the voice)

Answer 1

Answer:

The policeman said that there was an accident and the road was blocked.

Answer 2

Answer:

The policeman said that there was an accident and the road was blocked.

Is this property owned by you ?

Explanation:

D.S :-  

• The words of the speaker is expressed in the same way that it is said by the speaker. Reporting verb is used.

I.S :-  

• The words of the speaker is expressed without speech marks and without necessarily using exactly the same words, keeping the meaning same. No reporting verb necessary.

Active voice and Passive voice refer to the form of the verb,    

In the Active voice, the subject of the verb is the person or thing doing the action.  

• Raju cooked the food.  

In the Passive voice, the action is done to the subject.    

• The food was cooked by Raju.