how to convert indirect speech to direct speech?
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Direct Speech
In direct speech, we convey the message of the speaker in his own actual words without any change to another person.
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Indirect Speech
In indirect speech, we convey the message of the speaker in our own words to another person.
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Procedure of changing direct speech into indirect speech
- Remove comma and inverted commas.
- Put "that" between the reporting and reported speeches.(it is optional to put "that" between the reporting and reported speech)
- Change the 1st letter of reported speech into small letter except for "I"
- Change the pronoun of the direct speech according to the rules described in table 2
- Change the tense of the direct speech appropriately according to rules described in table 3.
- Change the words expressing nearness in time or places of the direct speech into its appropriate words expressing distance as per table 1