Convert the following sentence to indirect speech: 'She said, I can swim.'
Practice Questions
Q1
Convert the following sentence to indirect speech: 'She said, I can swim.'
She said that she could swim.
She said that she can swim.
She said that she was able to swim.
She said that she will swim.
Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions
Convert the following sentence to indirect speech: 'She said, I can swim.'
Step 1: Identify the reporting verb. In this case, it is 'said'.
Step 2: Remove the quotation marks around the spoken sentence.
Step 3: Change the pronoun 'I' to 'she' to match the subject.
Step 4: Change the verb 'can' to 'could' to reflect the change in speech.
Step 5: Combine everything into a complete sentence: 'She said that she could swim.'
Indirect Speech – Indirect speech involves reporting what someone else has said without quoting their exact words, often requiring changes in verb tense and pronouns.
Tense Changes – When converting to indirect speech, present tense verbs often change to past tense, such as 'can' changing to 'could'.
