Question

He said that he would play tennis the following year. (Change into direct

speech.)​

Answer 1

Answer:

He said, "I will play tennis the following year."

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Answer 2

He said, "I will play tennis the next year."

• In the direct speech, the actual words of the speaker are quoted.
• While indirect speech is the reported speech where the actual words of the speaker are not used.
• To convert the given sentence into a direct one, we need to add quotation marks and comma after 'said', also 'he' will change to 'I'
• The 'following year' will be changed to 'next year.'