"She said she could play the piano"
Indirect speech isn't quoting the character's exact words but instead reporting what they/she/he said- It is also sometimes called reported speech
reported speech
[reported speech]
a speaker's words reported in subordinate clauses governed by a reporting verb, with the required changes of person and tense (e.g. he said that he would go, based on I will go).Also called indirect speech. Contrasted with direct speech.
Answer:
My brother was writting the letter when my sister came in.
Explanation:
You might want to keep this little helpful tip in mind:
Passive voice: the object is being modified/done/etc. by the subject.
→ We can see how the letter is being written by the subject.
Active voice: the subject is the one doing/modifing/etc. the object.
→ We can see how the subject is writting the letter.
Hope it helped,
BiologiaMagister
The subject would be "A gorilla family", the predicate would be "ate all of the nuts and berries", and "ate" would be the verb.
