They said to me, "we are leaving. "
Change into indirect speech
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They said to me that they are leaving.
An action or information can be expressed in sentence.
In English the sentence are active or passive,Direct or Indirect.
The actual words of the speaker with punctuation is called
Ex:- He said , "I am busy now".
The meaning of the substance of the speakers word is called
Ex:- He said he was busy then.
Note:-
When the given sentence is universal fact then the sentence can't be changed.
Ex:- The sun rises in the east.
Rules for changing Direct speech into Indirect speech:-
★ The inverted commas are omitted in the direct speech .
★ The tense of the reporting verb should never be changed.
★ We use linker before the Indirect speech.
★ The first letter with an inverted commas will not remind capital in the invited speech .
★ The pronoun should be changed according to the sense of speech.
He said, "I do it."
He said that he did it.
The boy will say, "I am busy."
The boy will say that he is busy.
The teacher said, "The sun rises in the east."
The teacher said that the sun rises in the east. eternal truth).
He said to his mother, "Are you weeping?"
He asked her mother if she was weeping.
He said to me, "Where do you live?"
He asked me where I lived.
Father said to me, "Let's go for a walk".
Father suggested going for a walk.
Answer:
They said to me that they were leaving