Question

CHANGE IN INDIRECT SPEECH

he said to me, 'I will buy a ring for you'​

Answer 1

Direct : he said to me, 'I will buy a ring for you'

Indirect : He told to me that he would buy a ring for me .

Additional Information :

• While changing the speech some words would change :

Now -- then

Here -- there

Ago -- before

Thus -- so

Today -- that day

Tomorrow -- the next day

This -- that

• Indirect Speech is also referred to as reported speech
• Direct speech involves the actual words of the speaker enclosed within quotation marks.

Answer 2

He said to me,"I will buy a ring for you."

• He told me that he would buy a ring for me.

Know More:-

The actual words of the speaker with punctuation is called Direct speech.

The meaning of the speaker words in the sentence is called Indirect speech.

Rules for changing direct speech into indirect speech:-

• The inverted commas are omitted in the indirect speech.
• While changing we have to be aware of Verb.
• The capital letter with inverted commas will not remain capital in the indirect speech.
• The tense of the Verb will be changed while changing the speech.
• An affirmative sentence/Simple sentence use that as linker