Change the following direct speech into indirect speech: My grandfather said, "The sun rises in the east."

Step-by-step solution

1. Identify the clause inside quotation marks: "The sun rises in the east" expresses a universal truth / habitual fact.
2. Recall the rule for universal truths: When the reported statement is a universal truth, its tense remains unchanged regardless of the tense of the reporting verb.
3. Keep the simple present tense verb 'rises' intact.
4. Combine the reporting speech and reported speech using the conjunction 'that'.

Concept tested: Universal truths in reported speech

Published 27 August 2026 · How this solution was prepared and checked

Related questions

• 1 Choose the correct indirect speech for the given sentence: Rohan said to Meena, "Are you coming to the school library today?"
• 2 Convert the given direct speech into indirect speech: Priya said, "Alas! I have lost my English notebook."
• 3 Rewrite the following sentence in indirect speech: The teacher said to the students, "Do not make a noise in the corridor."
• 4 Read the conversation between Suresh and a shopkeeper, and complete the indirect speech sentence below: Suresh: "Do you have fresh apples?" Shopkeeper: "Yes, I brought fresh apples from Himachal yesterday." Suresh: "Please give me two kilograms of these apples." Suresh asked the shopkeeper if he had fresh apples. The shopkeeper replied positively, stating that he had brought fresh apples from Himachal the previous day. Then Suresh requested the shopkeeper ________.
• 5 In the line "The moon stared coldly at the silent lanes," which figure of speech is used?
• 6 Convert the following direct speech from the passage into reported speech: The guide said, “The leopard hunts only at night because its eyesight is excellent.”