Question

i said to them,"I shall be punctual in future,"​

Answer 1

He told them that he will be punctual in future.....

Answer 2

'I told them that I would be punctual in the future.'

• When we change a sentence from direct speech to indirect speech, we follow a set of rules that modify the sentence to make it meaningful.
• Parts of speech such as tense, verbs and pronouns should be changed accordingly.
• After we remove the inverted commas and quotation marks, the tense is changed, usually to simple past. The tense of the verb also changes, unless it is a universal truth.
• Pronouns should be changed to third person as we are reporting the speaker in our own words.