they said we can't live without water
direct into indirect speech
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Answer:
Direct Speech :
They said, "We cannot live without water."
Indirect Speech :
They told that they couldn't live without water.
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Rules for change of tense :
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1. Reporting verb in the present or future tense remains unchanged.
e.g : Mahi says, "I shall go to Delhi tomorrow."
➨ Mahi says that she will go to Delhi next day.
2. Reported speech expressing a universal truth or habitual fact is not changed.
e.g : My father said, " Honesty is the best policy."
➨ My father said that honesty is the best policy.
3. The past indefinite tense and the past continuous tense are not changed in the following case :
☞ Past historical event -
e.g : My brother said, "India got freedom in 1947."
➨ My brother said that India got freedom in 1947.
☞ An improbable condition -
e.g : "If Madhavi where a film star, I would ask her autograph", I said to my friend.
➨ I told my friend that if Madhavi were a film star, I would ask her autograph.
☞ Past habit or customs -
e.g : "Hindus worship nature as God," our teacher said to us.
➨ Our teacher told us that Hindus worshipped nature as God.
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Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.
Example: She said, "I am busy now." (Direct)
She said that she was busy then. (Indirect)
In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day', 'will' changes to 'would', 'can' changes to 'could' and many other words will have to be made. Also, if the sentence contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.
They said, "We can't live without water." (Direct)
They said that they couldn't live without water. (Indirect)