Question

"you have already been answered"said the hermit to the tsar..change narration

Answer 1

hermit told tsar that he had been already answered.

Answer 2

The hermit said to the Tsar that he had been already answered.

1. the above sentence is the indirect speech of the given sentence - "you have already been answered"said the hermit to the tsar
2. Direct speech is the report of the exact word of the speaker.
3. direct speech are placed within the quotation marks.
4. Indirect speech is the report of words that someone else told by another person without using the exact words of the speaker
5. direct speech consist of generally a reporting verb .