Question

They said, " Sir, the train is late by half an hour."

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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They said that sir the train was late by half an hour .

HOW TO DO THIS ?

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If the first part of sentence (reporting verb part) belongs to present or future tense, the tense of reported speech will not change.

Examples :

Direct speech: He said, “I am happy”

Indirect Speech: He said that he was happy. ( ...

Direct speech: He says, “I am happy”

Indirect Speech: He said that he is happy. (

What are the rules for changing direct into indirect speech?

General rules for changing direct speech into indirect speech. Omit all inverted commas or quotation marks. End the sentence with a full stop. If the verb inside the inverted commas/quotation marks is in the present tense, change it into the corresponding past tense.