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D5 Change the following into indirect speech.

Anita : How are you, Ritu?

Anita asked Ritu how _________________________________________________________________________
Ritu : I feel unwell.
Ritu told Anita that ___________________________________________________________________________

Rohit : I could complete the work yesterday.

Rohit said that _______________________________________________________________________________
Rahul to his friends : We must submit the work today.
Rahul told his friends that ____________________________________________________________________

Mohan : I met Rohit’s father last week.

Mohan said that _____________________________________________________________________________
Rahul : I will meet Rohit’s mother tomorrow.
Rahul says that ______________________________________________________________________________

Anita : Vijay, I know your sister Jaya.

Anita tells Vijay that __________________________________________________________________________
Rahul : I live at Park Avenue and Vijay and Jaya are our neighbours.
Rahul says that ______________________________________________________________________________

direct speech reported speech

‘Rahul is late.’ Mohan said that Rahul was late.

‘His friends are playing.’ Anita said that his friends were playing.

‘They have come early.’ Mohan said that they had come early.

‘The boys have been playing.’ Anita said that the boys had been playing.

‘They love the game.’ Mohan said that they loved the game.

‘They played well yesterday.’ He said that they had played well the previous day.
‘They will do well.’ He said that they would do well.

‘You can wait here.’ Anita said to us that we could wait there.

‘I may join the team.’ Mohan said that he might join the team.

‘He must strive hard.’ Anita said that he must/had to strive hard.

Universal truths, proverbs or quotations can retain the same tense.

Shakespeare said, ‘All the world’s a stage.’
Shakespeare said that all the world is a stage.

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