Explanation

• The words said within inverted commas are termed as Direct speech.
• It represents the exact words spoken by someone and is often enclosed within quotation marks to distinguish it from the surrounding text.

Explanation

Remove inverted commas.

Change the pronoun

Tomorrow into the following day

Direct: "I'll clean the car tomorrow, "Hasnain said to his father

Indirect: Hasnain told his father that he would clean the car the following day

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Explanation

He wanted to know who spoke French

Explanation

The reporting verb "said" is in the past tense, so the verb in the reported speech must also change to past tense.

"Don't want" changes to "didn't want", and "you" becomes "me".

Correct: She said that she didn't want to come with me.

Explanation

The correct indirect speech for "The Hyder said, 'It gives me great pleasure to be here this morning'" is: The Hyder exclaimed with joy that it gave him great pleasure to be there that morning.

Explanation

The correct indirect speech is: Ahmad asked the magician what he had done to deserve so severe a blow.

Explanation:

In indirect speech, the pronoun "I" becomes "he" (or "she" or "they" depending on the subject), and the verb tense changes to the past perfect (had done) to indicate that the action happened before the time of speaking.

Explanation

He said that he would pay the next day.

"Will" changes to "would" in indirect speech.

"Tomorrow" changes to "the next day" in reported speech.

Explanation

• The correct answer is: Samra is going to say to the principal, "May we have your permissi0on to go on a study tour?"
• The indirect speech is: "Samra is going to ask the principal for permission to go on a study tour."
• The direct speech is: "May we have your permission to go on a study tour?" (This is a polite and formal way of asking for permission, which is suitable for a student asking a principal.)

Explanation

When changing the narration from direct to indirect speech:

• The past continuous tense "was playing" changes to past perfect continuous "had been playing."
• This shift occurs if the reporting verb is in the present tense ("says").

Explanation

 When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the present indefinite tense (simple present tense), then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past indefinite tense.

Present Indefinite Tense > Past Indefinite Tense.