Question

they say ,"we are reading our books ."

Answer 1

They said they were reading their books

Answer 2

They said that they were reading their books.

Narration = The Art of saying is known as Narration.

There are two ways of expressing / reporting the speech of a person.

Eg . He says to me , "You are my friend."
[Direct Speech]

=> He told me that I am his friend.
[Indirect Speech]

Rules for changing Narration:

• Change into :
say to => tell
says to => tells
said => said
said to => told

• Use that in place of inverted commas.

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• Change of Tense ( in this sentence only )
Present Continuous => Past Continuous .