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Ali said to his friend "we are having a party today "

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Ali told his friend that they were having a party that day.

Here, 'said to' was changed to 'told'.

The word 'that' was added.

The necessary pronoun changes and tense changes were made.

The word 'today' was changed to 'that day'.

The points mentioned below are to be noted when we deal with the Direct and Indirect forms of narration :-

※ Always remember to enclose the direct speech within inverted commas.

※ Never change the tense of the reporting verb.

※ If the verb inside the inverted commas is about a Universal truth, don't change the tense.

※ If the reporting verb is in Present tense or Future tense, don't change the tense.

» The following are changed according to these certain rules if direct speech is to be changed into Indirect speech :-

✦ Tenses

✦ Personal and Possessive pronouns

✦ Words denoting nearness of time and nearness of position.

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