Question

She said to me,"I want to give you my pen."

Answer 1

Answer:

1. She told me that she wanted to give me her pen .

Answer 2

Direct : She said to me,"I want to give you my pen."

Indirect : She told me that she wanted to give me her pen .

Additional Information :

• In direct speech, we use the actual words of the speaker which are enclosed within the inverted commas placed at the beginning and at the end.

✴ Indirect speech is a report on what someone else said or wrote without using that person's exact words.

Change in Pronouns :

• The first person of the reported speech changes according to the subject of reporting speech.
• The second person of reported speech changes according to the object of reporting speech.
• The third person usually doesn't change .

Words that alter :

• Now -- then
• Here -- there
• Ago -- before
• Thus -- so
• Today -- that day
• Tomorrow -- the next day
• This -- that