the girl said,"I,'m getting off at saharanpur(nc)
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The girl said that she was getting off at Saharanpur(nc).
Question : The girl said, "I'm getting off at Saharanpur." (Change into Indirect Speech)
Answer : The girl said that she was getting off at Saharanpur.
Rules :
1. The Reporting Verb "said" is in Past Indefinite Tense so in Indirect Speech, the tense of the Reported Speech will be in Past Tense for sure. In this case, the Tense of the Reported Speech being in Present Continuous Change, will be changed into Past Continuous Tense and obviously in Assertive Sentence.
2. The introductory conjunction "that" will help joining the Reporting Verb and Reported Speech.
3. Reported Speech's "I" will be changed into "she" as the speaker is "The girl"- in feminine gender.
Extra Information :
This line is taken from Ruskin Bond's "The Eyes Have It" which depicts an accidental meeting of two blind characters- the blind girl who was received by her aunt at Saharanpur and the narrator himself.