he said, please. please give me another chance
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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: He said,"I love listening to songs." (Direct)
He said that he loved listening to songs. (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,"Please give me another chance." (Direct)
He begged to give him another chance. (Indirect)
Question:-
Change to Indirect Speech:
He said, "Please, give me another chance."
Answer:-
He requested to give him another chance.
Here,
So, 'said' changes to 'requested' because the sentence was Imperative which displayed request.
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