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There are two ways of reporting the speech of any speaker. They are –

Direct and Indirect Speech. If the actual words said by the speaker are
used, it will be a Direct Speech and if the words are reported in your

own words, it is said to be an Indirect Speech .

Hello friends!
Yesterday, Sharma Sir Let’s finish our
said, “I will punish them homework
who will not submit their
first.
homework.”

Yes, I have also
heard. He said that he
would punish them who
would not submit their
homework.

Rules for changing direct speech into indirect speech
1. Change in Tense

G If the reporting verb is in present or future tense, the tense of the verb in the
reported speech will not be changed.

Read the following examples:
1. Direct : Yash says, “It cold.”is

Indirect : Yash says that it cold.is
2. Direct : He will say, “Good music makes a good film.”

Indirect : He will say that good music makes a good film.

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