Question

Uma said to mala who took my English book change indirect speech

Answer 1

Answer: uma asked mala who had taken her english book

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

The sentence in Indirect Speech:

Uma asked Mala who took her English book.

Explanation:

The above-given sentence is converted into indirect speech so let's know more about indirect speech:

• In the English language, Indirect speech is also called Reported speech. It is a grammatical mechanism for reporting the content of another utterance without directly quoting it.
• In simple words, indirect speech means reporting the message of the speaker in your own words.
• For example, Amit said to me, "Please lend me your pen."(Direct Speech); Amit requested me to lend my pen to him.(Indirect Speech)

Rules for converting direct speech to indirect speech:

1. When the reporting verb of direct speech is in past tense then all the present tenses are changed to the corresponding past tense in indirect speech.
2. Present perfect changes to past perfect tense, present continuous changes to past continuous tense, and simple present changes to simple past.
3. In the case of past and future tense, simple past changes to past perfect tense, past continuous changes to past perfect continuous tense. The same changes are seen in future tenses.
4. If a sentence in direct speech begins with a question word then no conjunction is used.
5. During the conversion of direct speech into indirect speech, the modal verbs used in the sentences change in the given way like can-could, may-might, must-had to/would have to.

Hence we may conclude that reported speech is of utmost importance in the English language because it helps us convey one's message to others in an appropriate sense.

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