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chnge the follo. - in reported speech. last in that city -4- in this city that place there this place previous Lers Practise Change the fo"owirw sentences into indirect speech. Read the instructions given in 1. Bharathi said to Vani, "l cannot meet you at the station today." (said 7 days ago) 2. A girl in the audience said to the speaker. "You didn't answer my last question." 3. The doctor said to the patient. "I'll be out of station tomorrow." (two weeks ago) 4. Manish said to Rahima, "My grandma is visiting us this weekend." 5. Mrs Bakshi said to me yesterday morning, "Are you joining us for a cup of coffee now?" 6. The class teacher said, "Please submit your projects by this week." (said last week) 7. The stranger asked the traffic police, "Could you please tell me the way to the bus stationi this town ?" 8. Bubun said to her mother when they visited Jaipur last year, "Ma, this place looks famikz-• Let•s Learn Changing the narration The rules for changing the narration from direct to indirect speech vary according to the of the sentences. Declarative sentences For declarative sentences the reporting verbs say and tell in direct speech are usually changed to said and told if followed by an object. other reporting verbs, such as explain, express, suggest, observe, can also be used to the reporting verb say in direct speech, depending on the nature of the quoted speö • the conjunction that usually joins the quoted speech to the main sentence