Question

change in indirect speech
He said to me,"you are not helping me"​

Answer 1

Answer:

He told me that I was not helping him .

Answer 2

Direct : He said to me,"you are not helping me"

Indirect : He told me that I was not helping him .

Additional Information :

• Direct speech involves the actual words spoken by the speaker
• Indirect Speech is also called as reported speech.
• There is change in tense .
• Here , the statement is in present continuous tense and thus is changed into past continuous tense
• Pronouns are changed accordingly .
• Direct Speech is usually observed in conversations whereas when the conversation is to be turned into a story we have to use indirect speech .
• A mixture of direct and indirect speeches can make your writings fantastic than they are !!