Question

Direct speech to Indirect speech. They said, 'We play Football here'

Answer 1

Answer:

They said that they played football there.

Answer 2

They said that they played football there.

Explanation:-

Rules for Narration Change:-  

1. Removal of inverted commas.  

2. Change in the tense of the reported speech( words in the inverted commas)  

• Present tense -> Past tense  

• Past tense -> Past Participle tense  

• Will, Can, May-> Would, Could, Might

3. No change will occur in the tense if the reported speech is either a  

universal truth or a habitual truth.