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When we report something usin the exact words of the speaker, we use direct speech. When we report something in our own words, we use indirect speech.
Direct speech: The boy said, ‘I’m happy with my results.’
Indirect speech: The boy said that he was happy with his results.
General rules for changing direct speech into indirect speech
Omit all inverted commas or quotation marks. End the sentence with a full stop.
If the verb inside the inverted commas/quotation marks is in the present tense, change it into the corresponding past tense. If it is in the simple past tense, change it into the past perfect tense.
Direct speech: The girl said, ‘I like singing.’
Indirect speech: The girl said that she liked singing.
Direct speech: Rahul said, ‘I will have to reach home by 8.30.’
Indirect speech: Rahul said that he would have to reach home by 8.30.
Direct speech: Alina said, ‘I met James yesterday.’
Indirect speech: Alina said that she had met James yesterday.
When the verb inside the quotation marks expresses a universal truth, we do not normally change it into the past tense.
He said, ‘All people have equal rights.’
He said that all people have equal rights. (More natural than ‘He said that all people had equal rights.’)
Use pronouns appropriately.
Study the examples given below.
Direct speech: The boy told the girl, ‘I told you that we were not going on a holiday.’
Indirect speech: The boy told the girl that he had told her that they were not going on a holiday.
Notes
When the reporting verb is in a present or future tense, we do not change the tense of the verb inside the quotation marks.
Direct speech: She says, ‘I will come.’
Indirect speech: She says that she will come.
Answer:
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Explanation:
The example of direct speech is
My friend said ," I bought a new game "
when you change this to indirect speech..
you should write
My friend said that (that is added here) he bought a new game
So while writing in indirect speech
you should remove the double quote (")
and depending upon the question you should add the word That unless someone is asking you
So let me give you another example
sneha told," I lost in the race "
this is direct speech
the indirect version is
She told me that or Sneha told me that she lost in her race