Question

Kavita said, " Cows are grazing in the field "

Answer 1

kavitha said that cows were grazing in the field

Answer 2

Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.

Example: Tris said,"How can you do it?" (Direct)

                Tris asked how I could do that. (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.

Kavita said,"Cows are grazing in the field." (Direct)

Kavita said that cows were grazing in the field. (Indirect)