Question

Change from direct to indirect speech
Mary said I will meet you this evening​

Answer 1

Mary said that she would meet him/her that evening.

Explanation:

We know that, This sentence is a statement (Declarative), So

said ⟶ said

connecting word ⟶ that

I ⟶ she (as Mary is a girl)

will ⟶ would

you ⟶ him/her

More about this topic :

While changing a sentence from Direct to Indirect, it undergoes 5 changes.

1) Reporting verb :

For statement,

• said to ⟶ told
• says, said ⟶ will not change
• say to ⟶ tell, says to ⟶ tells
• connecting word ⟶ that

For Introgative,

• said to ⟶ asked/demanded/questioned
• connecting word ⟶ If/Whether for yes/no questions

For Imperative,

• said to ⟶ commanded/ordered/advised/requested/warned
• connecting word ⟶ 'to' for positive sentence, 'not to' for negative sentence.

For exclamatory,

• said to ⟶ exclamed/exclamed with joy or sorrow/wished
• connecting word ⟶ that

2)Add conjunction, remove commas and quotations :

• Remove quotations, commas
• Add full stops, question marks and exclamatory marks if needed.

3) Pronoun change :

• I ⟶ He/She
• We ⟶ They
• You ⟶ He/She/They/I/Him/Her/Them
• Us ⟶ Them
• Me ⟶ Him/Her
• Mine ⟶ Hers/His
• Ours ⟶ Theirs
• My ⟶ Her/His

4) Tense change :

• Present ⟶ Past
• Present continuous ⟶ Past continuous
• Present perfect ⟶ Past perfect
• Past ⟶ Past Perfect
• Past continuous ⟶ Past perfect continuous
• will/shall/can/may ⟶ would/should/could/might

5) Adverbial Change :

• Today ⟶ That day
• Tomorrow ⟶ the next day/the day after
• Yesterday ⟶ the previous day/the day after
• Last week/month/year ⟶ the previous week/month/year
• next week/month/year ⟶ the week/month/year after
• ago ⟶ before
• thus ⟶ so
• this/these ⟶ that/those
• now ⟶ then

Answer 2

Direct to Indirect speech

The given sentence is in direct speech and needs to be converted into Indirect speech which is in third person.

Indirect speech does not invented commas and uses the word 'that'.

So our final result is :

Marry said that she would meet him/her in that evening.

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Extra Information

Direct speech: Reporting the message of the speaker in the exact words as spoken by him.

Example:

• Maya said "I am busy now".
• The teacher said to the students, "Those who work hard, will succeed"?
• Ramanna said, "Sudha, How is your father?"
• Ramu said to Ravi, "Please give me your pen".
• The Principal said to the Peon, "Ring the bell at once."

Indirect speech: Reporting the message of the speaker in our own words.

Example:

• Maya said that she was busy then.
• The teacher said to the students that those who would work hard, would succeed.
• Ramanna asked Sudha how her father was.
• Ramu told Ravi to give his pen.
• The Principal told the peonto ring the bell at once.