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been waiting for Kanika and Monica since yesterday, he said.
Pammi asked, 'What have you got in your bag?'
Doctor said, 'Lie down, Sumi, and close your eyes.
4. My mom can't use a computer, Tanu said.
5. Will the train leave tomorrow?' I asked.
6. Keep all the windows shut, Bill, Dad said.
7 You must apologise to your friends for talking to them rudely, the teachers​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. He said that he had been waiting for Kanika and Monica since yesterday.

2. Pammi asked me what I had got in my bag.

3. Doctor told Sumi to lie down and close her eyes.

4. Tanu said that her mom couldn't use a computer.

5. I asked if the train would leave tomorrow.

6. Dad told Bill to keep all the windows shut.

7. The teachers told me that I must apologize to my friends for talking to them rudely.

Explanation:

Direct speech is a sentence in which someone's exact words are relayed. It is usually marked by quotation marks.

Indirect speech (also called reported speech) relays someone's words without directly quoting them.

When you want to convert direct speech into indirect speech, you need to be careful about several things. Quotation marks are not used in indirect speech. Pronouns are often changed, and we need to be careful about the tenses, as well. If the reporting verb (e.g. to say, tell, ask) is in the past tense, the tense used in the main sentence needs to be changed:

• "I have been waiting for Kanika and Monica since yesterday", he said.
• He said that he had been waiting for Kanika and Monica since yesterday.