Question:
Convert from direct into indirect speech.
Ayushi said to the group, “We have had enough of suffering today. It is time to march forward.”
Convert from direct into indirect speech.
Ayushi said to the group, “We have had enough of suffering today. It is time to march forward.”
Options:
- a) Ayushi told the group that they had had enough of suffering that day and it was time to march forward
- b) Ayushi asked the group that they had had enough of suffering this day and it was time to march forward
- c) Ayushi told the group that they had enough of suffering and that it is time to march forward
- d) Ayushi told the group that we had had enough of suffering this day and it was time to march forward
- a) Ayushi told the group that they had had enough of suffering that day and it was time to march forward
- b) Ayushi asked the group that they had had enough of suffering this day and it was time to march forward
- c) Ayushi told the group that they had enough of suffering and that it is time to march forward
- d) Ayushi told the group that we had had enough of suffering this day and it was time to march forward
correct answer : a)
Explanation:
The given sentence is in direct speech. To change into indirect speech, we must remove quotation marks and use a reporting verb (here, “told”) followed by that. Pronouns must be changed from first person to third person (“we” changes to “they”), and tense shifts back to the past. Here, expression of time “today” becomes “that day”. The correct sentence is: Ayushi told the group that they had had enough of suffering that day and that it was time to march forward.
The given sentence is in direct speech. To change into indirect speech, we must remove quotation marks and use a reporting verb (here, “told”) followed by that. Pronouns must be changed from first person to third person (“we” changes to “they”), and tense shifts back to the past. Here, expression of time “today” becomes “that day”. The correct sentence is: Ayushi told the group that they had had enough of suffering that day and that it was time to march forward.