punctuation the following 1) my sons said he a great treasure lies hidden in the estate I am about to leave you where it is hidden said his sons I am about to tell you said the old man but you must dig for it
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We may report the words of a speaker in two ways:-
We may quote his actual words. This is called Direct Speech.
We may report what he said without quoting his exact words. This is called Indirect (or Reported) Speech.
Direct. -- Rama said. “I am very busy now.” Indirect. -- Rama said that he was very busy then.
It will be noticed that in Direct Speech, we use inverted commas to mark off the exact words of the speaker. In Indirect Speech we do not. It will be further noticed that in changing the above Direct Speech into Indirect certain changes have been made. Thus:
We have used the conjunction that before the Indirect statement.(The that is often omitted especially in spoken English)
The pronoun I is changed to he. (The Pronoun is changed in Person.)
The verb am is changed to was. (Present Tense is changed to Past.)
The adverb now is changed to then.