Question

Fred said to his father, "Take me to the park."(change into indirect)​

Answer 1

The given sentence in the indirect speech is as follows:

Fred told his father to take him to the park.

• In the indirect speech, the reporting verb 'said' changes to 'told'.
• Since the verb in the subordinate clause is in the form to+verb, its tense does not change in the indirect speech.
• In the indirect speech, the 'comma' does not change to 'that' in this sentence because the subordinate clause is an imperative sentence.