Question

raman said"i saw a picture"​

Answer 1

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

Example: She said,"I don't have a book." (Direct)

               She said that she didn't have a book. (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 is contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.

Raman said,"I saw a picture." (Direct)

Raman said that he had seen a picture. (Indirect)

Answer 2

Question:-

Change to Indirect Speech:

Raman said, "I saw a picture."​

Answer:-

Raman said that he had seen a picture.

Here,

So, 'that' is added after 'said'.

'saw' changed to 'had seen' with change in tense.

What is Direct/Indirect Speech ?

Direct Speech: It involves writing the actual words of the speaker within Inverted Commas.

Indirect Speech: It involves changing the words of the speaker by changing the tense to narrate to the some other person.