REPORTED SPEECH
.Reported or indirect speech is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken. We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to introduce the reported words. Inverted commas are not used.She said, "I saw him." (direct speech) = She said that she had seen him. (indirect speech)
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