Question

What have you written, Sachin The teacher said.
The trainer said. "Why is everybody late today?
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Answer 1

Answer :

→ The teacher asked Sachin what he had written .

→ The trainer asked why everybody were late that day.

Extra information :

◾In direct speech , we have inverted commas ( “....” ) to mark off exact words of the speaker

◾What the speaker says is called Reported speech and the verb in the reported speech is called Reported verb

◾The verb that introduces a Reported speech is called is called Reporting verb .

Example : Hari says “I read in ClassX ”

Here,

• Reporting verb : says
• Reported verb : read
• Reported speech : I read in class X

To change a Direct Speech into indirect speech , we should recognise the following :

• Kind of Sentence
• Tense of verb
• Persons of pronouns
• Change of some words

Answer 2

Answer:

The teacher asked Sachin what he had written.

The trainer asked why everybody was late that day.