he said, "i shall discuss this matter next week".
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Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.
Example: She said,"I am going to call her." (Direct)
She said that she was going to call her. (Indirect)
In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day', 'will' changes to 'would', 'can' changes to 'could' and many other words have to be made. Also, if the sentence is contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.
He said,"I shall discuss the matter next week." (Direct)
He said that he would discuss the matter the week after. (Indirect)
Question:-
Change to Indirect Speech:
He said, "I shall discuss the matter next week."
Answer:-
He said that he would discuss the matter the week after.
Here,
So, 'that' has been added after 'said'.
'shall' changed to 'would' with the change in pronoun
'I' changed to 'he' as it was meant for the listener.
'next week' changed to 'week after'
What is Direct/Indirect Speech ?
Direct Speech: It involves writing the actual words of the speaker within Inverted Commas.
Indirect Speech: It involves changing the words of the speaker by changing the tense to narrate to the some other person.