Question

You are a bit of all right, old chap," the mirror said(narattion change). ​

Answer 1

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Given Sentence:-

• You are a bit of all right, old chap," the mirror said, ( Direct Speech)
• The mirror told old chap that he was a bit of all right.( Indirect speech)

How the tense changed?

Present Simple → Past Simple

Present Continuous → Past Continuous

Present Perfect → Past Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

Past Simple → Past Perfect

Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect - No change

Past Perfect Continuous - No change

Explore more:-

There are two ways of reporting what someone has spoken:-

a) When the exact words spoken by a person are used , it is called direct speech.

b) When the words spoken by a person are put in our own words , it is called indirect speech.

For example:-

Suppose your friend told you that you have a good handwriting. You want to convey this to your parents.You can do it in either of these two ways :-

• My friend said to me, "You have a good handwriting. (Direct speech)
• My friend told me that I had a good handwriting.(indirect speech)

Related information:-

• The exact words of the speaker, written within Quotation marks or Inverted commas (“ ”) is called Reported speech.

• The verb that introduces the Reported speech is called a Reporting verb

Answer 2

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Change the narration:

→ "You are a bit of all right, old chap", The mirror said.

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Indirect Speech: The mirror told the old chap that he was a bit of all right.

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Know More:-

• Direct Speech- Saying exactly what someone has said is called direct speech.
• Ex:- She said, "I am writing a letter to my mother".

• Indirect Speech- Reporting someone's thought which he/she had said, without using that person's exact words. It is also called as Reported speech.
• Ex:- She told that she was writing a letter to her mother.

ʀᴜʟᴇs:-

1) Remove all inverted commas or quotation marks.

2) Use the conjunction "that" before the indirect statement (except in case of imperative and exclamatory sentences).

3) The reporting verb ‘say’ is changed into ‘tell/told’ if it is followed by a verb.

4) Change the pronouns of first and second person in Direct speech to third person.

5) Change the modals in this way; Can becomes could, May becomes might and Must becomes had to /would have to.

6) End the sentence with a full stop.

ʜᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇɴsᴇ ɢᴇᴛs ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ?

◕ Present Simple → Past Simple

◕ Present Continuous → Past Continuous

◕ Present Perfect → Past Perfect

◕ Present Perfect Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

◕ Past Simple → Past Perfect

◕ Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

◕ Past Perfect - No change

◕ Past Perfect Continuous - No change

ɴᴏᴛᴇ:-

• In changing pronouns their relation with the reporter and his bearer are indicated rather than with the original speaker.
• If the direct sentence contains the universal truth, then it remains unchanged in the Indirect Speech.
• Do not change the change the modal if it is Could, Would, Should, Might and Ought to.

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