Direct And Indirect Speech Rules - Byju's
cdn1.byjus.com › wp-content › uploadsTo change a sentence of direct speech into indirect speech there are various factors that are considered such as reporting verbs, modals, time, place, pronoun, tense, etc. we will take up all the factors one by one. Rule 1 - Direct To Indirect Speech Conversion - Reporting Verb 1. When The reporting verb of direct speech is in past tense then all the present tenses are changed to corresponding past tense in indirect speech. Direct to indirect speech example: Direct : she said, „i am happy‟