Question

He said, " My mother is writing letter

Answer 1

Direct Speech : He said , " My Mother is writing letter "

Indirect Speech : He told his mother was writing letter.

More to know :

❇Convey the message given by the first person to the third person is termed as indirect speech.

❇The person who conveys is the second person to whom the first person told the compliment or a sentence .

✴ Indirect speech is a report on what someone else said or wrote without using that person's exact words.

Some words alter in indirect speech in the following way :

✨ Now - Then

✨ Today - That day

✨Last night - previous night

✨ Said - Told

✨ Will be - would be

✨Tomorrow - The next day

✨ Yesterday - The previous day

Answer 2

$\longrightarrow$ He said that his mother was writing letter.

Extra Information:

There are two types of speech -

• Direct Speech - The exact words said by a person.

• Indirect Speech - The words are framed and not the " exact " words

Rules for the change in narration :

Direct to Indirect -

• The commas are removed
• The open inverted commas are removed too.
• The reporting verb and the reported verb are of the same tense