CHANGE DIRECT INTO INDIRECT SPEECH
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Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.
Example: He said,"I love that song." (Direct)
He said that he loved that song. (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.
Nehru said,"What will you do if we continue the Satyagraha?" (Direct)
Nehru asked what they would do if they continued the Satyagraha. (Indirect)