Question

They said, "we shall not play the match tomorrow." ​change into indirect speech.

Answer 1

Question:-

They said , "We shall not play the match tomorrow." Change into indirect speech.

Answer:-

They said that they should not play the match next day.

Grammar bites:-

An action or information can be expressed in a sentence.

$\sf{\pink{\underline{Direct\:Speech}}}$

The actual words of the speaker with punctuation is called Direct speech.

Ex:- He said , "I am busy now."

$\sf{\red{\underline{Indirect\:Speech:}}}$

The meaning of the substance of speakers words in the sentence is called Indirect speech.

Ex:- He said that he was busy then.

General rules for changing direct speech into indirect speech:-

• The inverted commas are omitted in the indirect speech.

• The capital letter with inverted commas in direct speech will not remain capital in indirect speech.

• While changing we have to be aware of Verb.

• An affirmative sentence/simple sentence use that as a linker.

• While changing speech tense is changed.

• Pronoun should be changed according to the sense of speech.

• There is change in tense as per given the statement in direct is present Continuous and thus change into past Continuous tense.

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Answer 2

Answer:

They said that they should not play the match the next day.