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3. The pronouns and the possessive adjectives also change according to subject or object of

the sentence in direct speech. For example,

• Polynesia said, ‘I want a cracker.’ (direct speech)

Polynesia said that she wanted a cracker. (indirect speech)

4. As the actual words of the speaker were spoken in the past, narrating it in the present
needs a change in the tense. For example,

• Polynesia said, ‘I want a cracker.’ (direct speech)

Polynesia said that she wanted a cracker. (indirect speech)

A. Choose the correct sentence in indirect speech for each.

1. She said, ‘I am playing football.’

a. She said that she is playing football.
b. She said that she was playing football.

c. She asked that she loves playing football.

d. She told me she is playing football.

2. ‘I love to play the guitar,’ said Anuradha.
a. Anuradha says she can play the guitar.

b. Anuradha said that she loved to play the guitar.

c. Anuradha told me she could play the guitar.

d. Anuradha answered she loved playing the guitar.

3. The lion said, ‘I know how to teach the cunning fox a lesson.’

a. The lion exclaimed he knew how to teach the cunning fox a lesson.

b. The lion says he knew that how to teach the cunning fox a lesson.

c. The lion said that he knew how to teach the cunning fox a lesson.

d. The lion said he knows how to teach the cunning fox a lesson.

4. The teacher said, ‘I am proud of you.’

a. The teacher asked that she was proud of us.
b. The teacher told she was proud of us.

c. The teacher answered she was proud of us.

d. The teacher said that she was proud of us.

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