She said that she wished she were rich.
To change direct speech to indirect speech for pronouns, you generally need to replace the pronouns with their corresponding indirect or reported speech pronouns. For example, 'I' in direct speech would change to 'he' or 'she' in indirect speech depending on the gender. Ensure that the pronouns match the subject of the reported speech and maintain the correct tense and meaning of the original statement.
Grammar pedant here:Direct/reported speech: "How would you know?"Indirect speech: He asked her how she would knoworHe asked her how she knew.Word order is v important. It switches.Direct speech with speech marks uses one tense which in indirect speech, shifts one tense back & lacks speech marks. We also drop the qustion mark.NOT he asked her how she knows, or he asked her how would she know.
To transform direct speech to indirect speech, you generally have to change the pronouns, tenses, and time expressions. For example, "She said, 'I am happy'" would be transformed to "She said that she was happy." Remember to also introduce a reporting verb and adjust the word order accordingly.
To change indirect speech into direct speech, you need to quote the exact words spoken. For example, "She said she was happy" (indirect speech) can be changed to direct speech as "She said, 'I am happy'." Remember to adjust pronouns, verb tenses, and other elements to match the direct speech format.
To change first person direct speech to indirect speech, you would switch the pronouns and verb tenses to match the perspective of the speaker reporting the original speech. For example, "I am going to the store," would become "He said that he was going to the store."
To change direct speech to indirect speech for pronouns, you generally need to replace the pronouns with their corresponding indirect or reported speech pronouns. For example, 'I' in direct speech would change to 'he' or 'she' in indirect speech depending on the gender. Ensure that the pronouns match the subject of the reported speech and maintain the correct tense and meaning of the original statement.
Reported or indirect speech is when we report what someone else has said. For example the following sentence are in direct speech: "The rain has stopped" he said. "I will go out" she replied. The same conversation in reported speech: He told her that the rain had stopped. She replied that she would go out.
Grammar pedant here:Direct/reported speech: "How would you know?"Indirect speech: He asked her how she would knoworHe asked her how she knew.Word order is v important. It switches.Direct speech with speech marks uses one tense which in indirect speech, shifts one tense back & lacks speech marks. We also drop the qustion mark.NOT he asked her how she knows, or he asked her how would she know.
You would be the indirect object. This is because the subject, book, is giving hours of fun, making that the direct object. You is receiving the object, therefore it is the indirect object.
E.g. Bob asked an indirect question.
To transform direct speech to indirect speech, you generally have to change the pronouns, tenses, and time expressions. For example, "She said, 'I am happy'" would be transformed to "She said that she was happy." Remember to also introduce a reporting verb and adjust the word order accordingly.
To change indirect speech into direct speech, you need to quote the exact words spoken. For example, "She said she was happy" (indirect speech) can be changed to direct speech as "She said, 'I am happy'." Remember to adjust pronouns, verb tenses, and other elements to match the direct speech format.
To change first person direct speech to indirect speech, you would switch the pronouns and verb tenses to match the perspective of the speaker reporting the original speech. For example, "I am going to the store," would become "He said that he was going to the store."
To turn indirect speech into direct speech, you need to change the verb tense, pronouns, and possibly the word order. Additionally, you would need to remove any reporting verbs and conjunctions. For example, "He said he was going to the store" would become "He said, 'I am going to the store'."
To change an imperative sentence to reported speech, you would typically use a reporting verb such as "ask" or "tell" followed by "to + base form of the verb." For example, "She said, 'Please close the door'" would become "She asked me to close the door."
No, the subject of a sentence cannot be the indirect object. The subject is the doer of the action, while the indirect object is the recipient of the action. They serve different grammatical roles within a sentence.
To change a direct discourse question to an indirect one, you usually remove the question mark and adjust the sentence to make it a statement. For example, "Could you tell me where the library is?" would change to "He asked if I could tell him where the library was." Make sure to maintain the tense and pronouns.