indirect speech que, Ravi said, "I woke up feeling ill, so I didn't go to work ".
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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: Lyn said,"I don't know." (Direct)
Lyn said that she didn't know. (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 contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.
Ravi said,"I woke up feeling ill, so I didn't go to work." (Direct)
Ravi said that he had woken up feeling ill so he hadn't gone to work. (Indirect)
Ravi said that he had woken up feeling ill, so he hadn't gone to work.