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· Direct: I said, “I shall try to solve this problem.”
Indirect: I said that I should try to solve that problem.
· Direct: He said, “Can you help the poor boy?”

Indirect: He asked whether I could help the poor boy.

G However, if the reported speech contains some universal or habitual facts, then
the simple present in the reported speech is not changed into simple past tense.
Read the following examples:

Direct: The teacher said, “The sun sets in the west.”

Indirect: The teacher said that the sun sets in the west.
3. Change in Pronouns

G In direct speech, the first and the second persons change into the third person in
indirect speech.

Read the following examples:
I, you, my, your ® he, she, his, her

we, you, our, your ® they, their
· Direct: Ram said, “ am not well.”I

Indirect: Ram said that he was not well.
· Direct: She said, “My car is not working.”
Indirect: She said that her car was not working.

G In direct speech, the pronouns of the first person are changed in indirect speech
into the same person as the subject in the introductory verb.

Read the following examples:
· Direct: I said, “I will not go there.”

· Indirect: I told that I would not go there.

G In direct speech, the second person pronouns are changed in indirect speech into
the same person as the noun or pronoun which comes after the introductory verb.
Read the following examples:
· Direct: Sapna said to him , “You have not invited me.”

· Indirect: Sapna told him that he had not invited her.

G In direct speech, the pronouns of the third person remain the same in indirect
speech.
Read the following examples:

· Direct: Harish said to me, “He is ill.”
· Indirect: Harish told me that he was ill.

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