Ankit said to deepak , "I have not been keeping well for some time".
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Ankit told Deepak that he had not been keeping well for some time.
Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.
Example: He said, "I am reading a book." (Direct)
He said that he was reading a book. (Indirect)
In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day', 'will' changes to 'would', 'can' changes to 'could' and many other words will have to be made. Also, if the sentence contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.
(Direct)
Ankit said to Deepak , "I have not been keeping well for some time."
(Indirect)
Ankit told Deepak that he had not been keeping well for some time.