Question

What is the format of reported speech

Answer 1

Answer:

Tense Changes When Using Reported Speech

Phrase in Direct Speech Equivalent in Reported Speech

"Bill arrived on Saturday", he said. He said that Bill had arrived on Saturday.

Present perfect Past perfect

"I have been to Spain", he told me. He told me that he had been to Spain.

Past perfect Past perfect

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

I would like to explain through an example.

Direct speech-

She said, " I am going to Mumbai tonight."

Reported speech-

She told that she was going to Mumbai that tonight.

Now in this example the present continuous changes into past continuous.

am going> was going

Another change is that of the pronoun.

First person>third person

I > she

Another change is that.....

tonight> that night