i) John
said, ‘I want to become a lawyer.’(Direct Speech)
John said
that he wanted to become a lawyer. (Indirect speech)
ii) The girl
said, ‘I like sweets.’ (Direct Speech)
The girl
said that she liked sweets. (Indirect speech)
iii) She
said, ‘ I am buying a new car.’ (Direct Speech)
She said
that she was buying a new car. . (Indirect speech)
iv) He said,
‘I have read this story.’ (Direct Speech)
He said that
he had read that story. (Indirect speech)
v) She said,
‘I bought a house in London’. (Direct Speech)
She said she
had bought a house in London. (Indirect speech)
vi) He Said,
‘Aamir Khan was swimming in the pool’. (Direct Speech)
He said that
Aamir Khan had been swimming in the pool. (Indirect speech)
vii) Teacher
said to the girls, ‘If you do your best you will surely pass.' (Direct Speech)
The teacher
told the girls that if they did their best they would surely pass. (Indirect speech)
viii)She
said to me, ‘You alone can save her.’ (Direct Speech)
She told me
that I alone could save her. (Indirect speech)
ix) Jerry
said, ‘Mother, I am hungry.’ (Direct Speech)
Jerry told
his mother that he was hungry. (Indirect speech)
x) He said, ‘There
was a big fire here last night.’ (Direct Speech)
He said that
there had been a big fire there the previous night. (Indirect speech)
