Experts pls help me asap....Q. Write a letter to your friend explaining him the rules of narration. Thx.

• I hope this letter finds you in the pink of your health and spirits.
• You had written to me about your illness last week due to which you missed out an important lecture on narration.
• The same topic was taught to me today at school, so I thought of sharing my knowledge with you on the topic.
• I hope it will make it easier for you to understand the topic.

Various rules to convert direct into reported speech are:

• A simple present becomes a simple past;
• A present continuous becomes a past continuous;
• A present perfect becomes a past perfect.
• The 'shall' of the Future tense is changed into 'should'.
• The 'will' of the Future tense is changed into 'would' or 'should'.
• The pronouns of the Direct speech are changed wherever necessary, so that their relations with the reporter and his hearer, rather than with the original speaker, are indicated.
• Words expressing nearness in time or place are generally changed into words expressing distance. For instance, now becomes then, ago becomes before, tomorrow becomes the next day and last night becomes the night before.
• The tenses may not change if the statement is still relevant or if it is a universal truth. For instance, the sun rises in the east.