Question

write in reported speech
1) He said,' the sun rises in the East '

2)"There was hardly any breathing space." said Saraswati Devi

3)Steve explained," I still love what I did and so I decided to start over".

4)He said,"Alas! how foolish I have been!"

5) He said to his friends," let us go to the Powai Lake for boating".​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.He told that the sun rises in east.

2.Saraswati Devi told that there was hardly any breathing space.

3.Steve explained us that he still love what he did and so he decided to start over.

4.He exclaimed in greif that he had been a great fool.

5.He suggested us to his friends that they should go to Powai Lake for boating.

Answer 2

$\huge{ \mathfrak{ \underline{Reported \: Speech}}}$

1) He said, "The sun rises in the East"

He told that the sun rises in the East.

2)"There was hardly any breathing space." said Saraswati Devi

Saraswati Devi told that there was hardly any breathing space.

3)Steve explained," I still love what I did and so I decided to start over."

Steve explained that he still loved what he did and so he decided to start over.

4)He said,"Alas! how foolish I have been!"

He exclaimed in grief that he had been a great fool.

5) He said to his friends," let us go to the Powai Lake for boating."

He suggested his friends to go to the Powai Lake for boating.

» What is reported speech ?

• Convey the message given by the first person to the third person is termed as reported speech

• The conveyer is the second person to whom the first person told the compliment or a sentence.

• Reported speech is a report on what someone else said or wrote without using that person's exact words.

• Indirect speech & Reported speech are actually same, but in indirect speech we won't use any inverted commas.