Question

They said, "We are playing cricket" (Change into indirect speech) ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Direct. Speech:- They said, "We are playing cricket"

Indirect speech:- They said that they were playing cricket.

Additional Information :

• Direct Speech is the representation of the actual words spoken
• Usually quotation marks paly a key role and act as identification mark for direct speech
• Indirect speech , also termed as reported speech is a bit modified version
• Indirect Speech usually has many modifications but with a presence of mind you can understand it very easily
• There is a change in tense , as per given , the statement in direct is in Present Continuous and thus is changed to Past Continuous Tense
• That plays a key role in indirect speech
• Even , the most important part is that all types of sentences are changed to declarative in reported speech !!

Answer 2

Answer:

Direct Speech:

They said, "We are playing cricket."

Indirect Speech:

They said that they were playing cricket.

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