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What is the direct speech of asked?
Form & meaning When we report questions, the subject comes before the verb. Direct speech: “Where are you going?” Reported speech: He asked me where I was going. Reported speech: She asked me what I wanted.
How do you talk in direct speech?
Direct speech repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. When we use direct speech in writing, we place the words spoken between quotation marks (” “) and there is no change in these words.
How did he get his change into direct speech?
Direct Speech : “How did he get it? “,he asked. Indirect Speech : He inquired how had he got it .
How do you change direct and indirect speech?
Rules to change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech:
- Remove all the inverted commas and quotation marks.
- Always end the sentence with a full stop.
- The tenses of the verbs inside the quotation marks and commas should be changed.
How to change sentences into indirect speech?
Sentences are given in the direct speech. Change them into the indirect speech. 1. ‘Where do you live?’ asked the stranger. 2. The policeman said to us, ‘Where are you going?’ 3. The master said to the boy, ‘Go away.’ 4. The mother said to the daughter, ‘Wait here till I return.’ 5. ‘Call the first witness,’ said the judge.
What did he say to her in a calm voice?
Q 1 − “If you don’t keep quiet I shall shoot you”, he said to her in a calm voice. A – He warned her to shoot if she didn’t keep quiet calmly. B – He said calmly that I shall shoot you if you don’t be quiet.
What did Soni say to Dhiraj to let him come?
7) Soni said to Dhiraj, “Let him come, then we shall see.” a. Soni told Dhiraj that they would see him if he might come. b. Soni told Dhiraj that they shall see him if he came. c. Soni told Dhiraj that once he came, they would see him.
What is the difference between ‘he’ and ‘My’ in reporting speech?
‘He’ in Reporting speech is Subject. ‘Me’ in Reporting speech is Object. ‘You’ in reported speech is second person. It will change according to object in Reported speech ‘me’. ‘My’ is First person It will change according to Subject ‘He’.’Her’ is third person It will not change.