Question

Rewrite the sentences according to the given instructions. 1x4-4 (i) Shreya said to me. "The books are on the table." (Change the sentence into indirect speech)

Answer 1

To change the sentence into indirect speech, Shreya's statement 'The books are on the table' can be rewritten as 'Shreya told me that the books were on the table.'

Step-by-step explanation:

To change the sentence into indirect speech, we need to report what Shreya said. The reporting verb 'said' needs to be changed to 'told'. We also need to change the pronouns and verb tense accordingly. Additionally, we need to remove the quotation marks and capitalize the first word of the reported speech. The revised sentence in indirect speech would be: Shreya told me that the books were on the table.