Question

Direct - indirect speech into reported speech with example please it's important
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Answer 1

Answer:

The man said,"I am your friend"

In this the man said is reporting verb and I am your friend is reported speech

Answer 2

Answer:

Whenever you report a speech there's a reporting verb used like “say” or “tell”. For example: Direct speech: I love to play football.... But of the reporting verb is in the past tense, we do change the tense of the sentence.