Question

Change into the reported speech: Leela said,''Latha has bought a new dress''​

Answer 1

leela told that latha had bought a new dress

Answer 2

Answer:

Leela said that Latha had bought a new dress.

Explanation:

The direct speech requires narrating something directly to someone. It is the statement that is being uttered by the speaker himself to the listener. Indirect speech involves the statement being reported by someone else other than the speaker.  

The indirect speech needs no exact quotation and it is reporting in one’s own words. In this sentence, the direct speech has to be changed into the indirect speech and hence the inverted quotation is removed and the tense of the sentence has been changed.