Question

5. They said "We are celebrating birthday tomorrow". [Change the above sentence into the Indirect speech]​

Answer 1

They told that they were celebrating birthday after that day.

Answer 2

They said that they were celebrating birthday the next day.

• This is a transformation from direct speech into indirect or reported speech. This is actually a narration change.
• The auxiliary verb of the direct speech sentence is 'are', which is present tense and it changes to its immediate past that is 'were' for the sentence in the indirect speech.
• 'Tomorrow ' in the direct speech sentence changes to 'the next day' in the indirect speech sentence.