Present Continuous changes to Past Continuous. Present Indefinite changes to Past Indefinite. If Reporting Verb is in Past Tense the tense of the Reported Speech is changed according to the rules given below: – Reported Speech Class 8 Exercise With Answersģ. He has told them that they were playing cricket yesterday. He has said to them, “You were playing cricket yesterday.”. The servant tells me that the manager will come in the evening. The servant says to me, “The manager will come in the evening”. Reena will say that she is going to America. Reena will say, “I am going to America”. The boys say that they have learnt the lesson. The boys say, “We have learnt the lesson”. Say to is replaced with tell, says to with tells and said to with told. (” “) inverted commas are replaced with the conjunction ‘that’.ģ. If Reporting Verb is in Present or Future Tense the tense of Reported speech is not changed.Ģ. Part-I (Assertive Sentences in Present or Future)ġ. Third Person (He, she, it, his, they, them etc.). Persons: There are three types of persons:. SON: S – subject, O – object, N – no change (The formula to change pronoun is 123/SON.) The pronoun of Third Person is not changed at all. The pronoun of Second Person is changed according to Object. The pronoun of First Person is changed according to the subject of Reported speech. Indirect Speech: We quote the words or speech of the speaker in our own words, without inverted commas: He told me that he was playing. Direct Speech: We quote the actual words of the speaker in inverted commas: He said to me, “I am playing.”. The art of reporting the words of a speaker is called Narration. 
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