Question

they said to Lila,"we cannot go because we had no money." change this sentence into indirect speech​

Answer 1

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They said to Lila,"we cannot go because we had no money." (change into indirect speech)

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They told to Lila that they cannot go because they had no money.

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In form of Direct Speech:

• The actual words of the speaker are put within inverted commas (" ")

• A comma(,)is used before these words,seperating them from the first part of the sentence.

• The qouted words begin with a Capital letter.

In form of Indirect Speech.

• Here,the qouted words are not in inverted commas,but are introduced by conjunction'that'.

• There is no comma after Reporting Verb 'said'.

• The tense of the Reporting Verb is never changed.

Ex‐

He said,"I am busy. "

-He said that he was busy.

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Rules to change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech in forms of Assertive Sentence.

Rule 1

❧If the Repoted verb is in the Present or Future tense; the verb of the Reported Speed is not changed at all.

Rule 2

❧If the Reporting Verb is in the Past tense,the tense of the Verb in the Reported Speech must be changed.

Rule 3

❧If the Reported Speech states some universal truth or habitual fact the tense of the verb in the Reported Speed remains unchanged.

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Answer 2

Question:-

They said to Lila, " we cannot go because we had no money. "(change this sentence into indirect speech)

AnSWer:-

They told Lila that we cannot go because they had no money .

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Rules to change direct speech into indirect speech:-

❐ If the reported verb is in present or future tense, the verb of the reported speech will not changed at all.

❐ If the reporting verb is in past tense, the tense of the verb must be changed in the reported speech.

❐ If the reported speech States some universal truth or habitual fact , the tense of the verb remains unchanged in the reported speech.