Sentences are given in the direct speech. Change them into indirect speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Sam said, \u2018I am going to school.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Jyothi said, \u2018It is very difficult to solve this puzzle.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. \u2018You are my best friend,\u2019 she told me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. \u2018I can\u2019t find my socks,\u2019 the boy exclaimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. They said, \u2018We are going to movies.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. Saju said, \u2018I have sent the parcel.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. Mother said, \u2018I have signed your progress report.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. Manu said, \u2018I read an interesting novel yesterday.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9. Susie said, \u2018I ate a banana in the morning.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10. Suma said, \u2018We are rehearsing for the program.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11. The girls said, \u2018We are preparing for the exam.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12. Navin said, \u2018I have received the letter.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13. Lata said, \u2018I have been waiting for the bus for an hour.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
14. Suma said, \u2018I had returned the book.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
15. Raju said, \u2018I bought a laptop yesterday.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
16. Mother said, \u2018I had been waiting for them.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Sam said that he was going<\/strong> to school. (Simple present in the direct speech becomes simple past in the indirect speech.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Jyothi said that it was <\/strong>very difficult to solve that puzzle. (Simple present in the direct speech becomes simple past in the indirect speech.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. She told me that I was<\/strong> her best friend. (Simple present in the direct speech becomes simple past in the indirect speech.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. The boy exclaimed that he couldn\u2019t find<\/strong> his socks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. They said that they were going<\/strong> to movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Saju said that he had sent<\/strong> the parcel. (Present perfect in the direct speech becomes past perfect in the indirect speech.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Mother said that she had signed <\/strong>my progress report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Manu said that he had read<\/strong> an interesting novel the previous day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Susie said that she had eaten<\/strong> a banana in the morning. (Simple past in the direct speech becomes past perfect in the indirect speech.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Suma said that they were rehearsing<\/strong> for the program. (Present continuous tense in the direct speech becomes past continuous in the indirect speech.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. The girls said that they were preparing <\/strong>for the exam. (Present continuous tense in the direct speech becomes past continuous in the indirect speech.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. Navin said that he had received<\/strong> the letter. (Present perfect in the direct speech becomes past perfect in the indirect speech.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13. Lata said that she had been waiting<\/strong> for the bus for an hour. (Present perfect continuous in the direct speech becomes past perfect continuous in the indirect speech.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14. Suma said that she had returned<\/strong> the book. (Past perfect in the direct speech does not change in the indirect speech.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15. Raju said that he had bought<\/strong> a laptop the previous day<\/strong>. (Simple past in the direct speech becomes past perfect in the indirect speech.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16. Mother said that she had been waiting <\/strong>for them. (Past perfect continuous in the direct speech does not change in the indirect speech.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sentences are given in the direct speech. Change them into indirect speech. 1. Sam said, \u2018I am going to school.\u2019 2. Jyothi said, \u2018It is very difficult to solve this puzzle.\u2019 3. \u2018You are...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[2535,2816,245,246],"class_list":["post-75112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-7-worksheets","tag-direct-and-indirect-speech-worksheet","tag-direct-speech-worksheet","tag-indirect-speech-worksheet","tag-reported-speech-worksheet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75113,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75112\/revisions\/75113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}