Question

My friend said, "work hard if you want to pass."​

Answer 1

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

Example: Louis said, "I'm in debt." (Direct)

                Louis said that he was in debt. (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.

My friend said, "Work hard if you want to pass." (Direct)

My friend suggested me to work hard if I wanted to pass. (Indirect)

Answer 2

Answer:

Direct speech:-

• My friend said, "Work hard if you want to pass."

Indirect speech:-

• My friend suggested me to work hard if I wanted to pass.