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A change each sentence into indirect form of narration:
1. Sohan said, "He is an honest man."
2. The teacher said, "It rained heavily."
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3. He says, “They are notorious thieves."
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4. Women will say, "Men are cruel."
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direct)
5. The gardener said. "Flowers have bloomed."
rect)
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6. The fox shall say, "The crow has
sweet voice."
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7. The dog thought, "Another dog was hiding in water."
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8. The hare said, "Another lion wanted to eat him up."
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9. The wife said, "My husband is a sympathetic person."​

Answer 1

A change each sentence into indirect form of narration:

1. Sohan said, "He is an honest man."

• Sohan said that he was an honest man.

2. The teacher said, "It rained heavily."

• The teacher said that it had rained heavily.

3. He says, “They are notorious thieves."

• He says that they are notorious thieves.

4. Women will say, "Men are cruel."

• Women will say that men are cruel.

5. The gardener said, "Flowers have bloomed."

• The gardener said that flowers had bloomed.

6. The fox shall say, "The crow has sweet voice."

• The fox shall say that the crow has sweet voice.

7. The dog thought, "Another dog was hiding in water."

• The dog thought that another dog had been hiding in water.

8. The hare said, "Another lion wanted to eat him up."

• The hare said that another lion wanted to ate him up.

9. The wife said, "My husband is a sympathetic person."

• The wife said that her husband was a sympathetic person.

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Direct speech: Exact words spoken by the speaker.

Indirect speech: We give the substance of what the speaker said without quoting his exact words.

Rules:

• If the reporting verb is in the past tense, the tense of the verb in the reported speech must be changed to the past tense.

• If the reported speech relates some universal or habitual facts - the simple present tense in the reported speech remains unchanged.

• If the reporting verb is a present or future tense, the tense of the verb of the reported speech is not changed at all.

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