Question

he say to me" he come". make it indirect​

Answer 1

Answer:

He told to me that "he come"

Answer 2

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Given Sentence:-

• He say to me" he come". (Direct)
• He told me that he came". (Indirect)

How the tense changed?

Present Simple → Past Simple

Present Continuous → Past Continuous

Present Perfect → Past Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

Past Simple → Past Perfect

Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect - No change

Past Perfect Continuous - No change

Explore more:-

There are two ways of reporting what someone has spoken:-

a) When the exact words spoken by a person are used , it is called direct speech.

b) When the words spoken by a person are put in our own words , it is called indirect speech.

For example:-

Suppose your friend told you that you have a good handwriting. You want to convey this to your parents.You can do it in either of these two ways :-

• My friend said to me, "You have a good handwriting. (Direct speech)
• My friend told me that I had a good handwriting.(indirect speech)

Related information:-

1. The exact words of the speaker, written within Quotation marks or Inverted commas (“ ”) is called Reported speech.
2. The verb that introduces the Reported speech is called a Reporting verb