write rules of reported speech write 10 sentences showing conversion from direct to indirect speech
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Explanation:
Rule 1 – Direct To Indirect Speech Conversion – Reporting Verb
e.g.- Direct: She said, ‘I am happy’.
Indirect: She said (that) she was happy.
Rule 2 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech conversion – Present Tense
e.g.- Direct: “I have been to Boston”, she told me.
Indirect: She told me that she had been to Boston.
Rule 3 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech conversion – Past Tense & Future Tense
e.g.Direct: “We were playing basketball”, they told me.
Indirect: They told me that they had been playing basketball.
Direct: He said, “I’ll be disposing of the old computer next Tuesday.”
Indirect: He said that he would be disposing of the old computer the following Tuesday
Rule 4 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech Conversion – Interrogative Sentences
Direct to indirect speech example
Direct: “Where do you live?” asked the boy.
Indirect: The boy enquired where I lived.
Rule 5 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech Conversion – Changes in Modals
Direct : She said, ‘She can dance’.
Indirect: She said that she could dance.
Rule 6 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech Conversion – Pronoun
Direct: She says to them, “You have done your work.”
Indirect: She tells them that they have done their work.
Rule 7 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech Conversion – Request, Command, Wish, Exclamation
Direct: Hamid said to Ramid, ‘Sit down’.
Indirect: Hamid ordered Ramid to sit down.
Rule 8 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech Conversion – Punctuations
In direct speech, the words actually spoken should be in (‘’) quotes and always begin with a capital letter.
Example: She said, “I am the best.”
Rule 9 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech Conversion – Change of Time
Direct: He said, ‘His girlfriend came yesterday.’
Indirect: He said that his girlfriend had come the day before....