Table of Contents
- 1 What is the indirect speech of the teacher said the Earth moves around the sun?
- 2 What is the direct speech of this sentence?
- 3 What is direct and indirect speech with examples?
- 4 What did the teacher say about the earth moving round the Sun?
- 5 When does a change of tense take place in the indirect form?
What is the indirect speech of the teacher said the Earth moves around the sun?
Answer: The given sentence in indirect speech would be: The teacher said that the Earth moves round the Sun. Here, ‘the Earth moves round the Sun’ is the universal truth.
What is the direct speech of this sentence?
Direct speech is a sentence in which the exact words spoken are reproduced in speech marks (also known as quotation marks or inverted commas). For example: “You’ll never guess what I’ve just seen!” said Sam, excitedly.
How do you convert direct to indirect speech?
Rules for conversion of Indirect Speech to Direct Speech
- Use the reporting verb, “say” or “said to” in its correct tense.
- Remove the conjuctions “that, to, if or whether etc”.
- Insert quotation marks, question mark, exclamation and fullstop, wherever necessary.
- Put a comma before the statement.
Do as direct the teacher said the sun rises in the east?
If it is in Past tense, it will be changed into Past Perfect tense. But, here the sentence given within quotes is a universal truth. In this case, the verb should be the same. So, the answer is, The teacher said, “The sun rises in the east.”
What is direct and indirect speech with examples?
When we want to report what someone said without speech marks and without necessarily using exactly the same words, we can use indirect speech (also called reported speech). For example: Direct speech: “We’re quite cold in here.” Indirect speech: They say (that) they’re cold.
What did the teacher say about the earth moving round the Sun?
The teacher said, “The Earth moves round the Sun”. The teacher said that the Earth moves round the sun. (I.S.) It is a Universal Truth. Its Tense does not change in Indirect Speech.
Which sentence is an example of an indirect speech?
Inverted commas are removed. The given sentence in indirect speech would be: The teacher said that the Earth moves round the Sun. Here, ‘the Earth moves round the Sun’ is the universal truth. Thus, option A is the correct answer.
What is the present tense of ‘the Earth is round’?
Universal truths like ‘the earth is round’, ‘the sun rises in the east’ or ‘ the sun sets in the west’ always take the present tense in reported speech irrespective of the tense of the report. So, “She said (that) the earth is round”.
When does a change of tense take place in the indirect form?
No change of tense takes place in the indirect form when there is a universal truth. One cannot say that she said that the earth was round. In this case it would mean that the earth is not round now. She said that the earth is round.