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They will say that they have gone. (indirect speech)

Let’s Learn Reporting Questions into Indirect Speech
Read the given sentences.

They said to me, “Are you going to school,” (direct speech)
They asked me if I was going to school. (indirect speech)

She said to me, “Where do you live?” (direct speech)
She asked me where I lived. (indirect speech)
The reporting verb is changed to asked, inquired, demanded, etc. if the question sentence begins
with an auxiliary verb, we use if/whether. If the question sentence begins with a question word,
we used the same word in indirect speech. Other changes are made as discussed above.

Test Yourself

I. Change the speech of these sentences from direct to indirect.

1. He said, “Julie doesn’t like going out much.”
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2. Rishi said, “They never arrive on time.”

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3. Ria said, “I don’t go to the gym very often.”

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4. Anuj said, “I never get up early on Sundays.”

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5. Ankit said, “We don’t travel much.”

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6. Meeta said, “We did not have time.”
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7. Neeti said, “They have left this town.”
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II. Change the speech of these sentences from direct to indirect. Write in your notebook.

1. The visitor said to me, “Do you live in this locality?”

2. Anjana said to her brother, “Why are you so upset today?”
3. The teacher said to the class, “Have you seen the rising sun?”

4. The scientist said to the farmer, “Can you show me the sample of the soil?”
5. My parents asked me, “Why am I late?”

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