Narration/Speech
In order to convert a direct speech into an indirect speech,there are some other things to consider(using conjunction,changing person and adverb of reported speech,tense of verb )
Comma after reporting verb and inverted comma of reported speech will be deleted and a conjunction should be placed in the following way:
1.If the reported speech is an assertive sentence/an optative sentence/an exclamatory sentence/an imperative sentence started with let,that is used as a conjunction after deleting comma and inverted comma.
2.If the reported speech is an interrogative sentence ,a conjunction is used there in the following way:
a.If the reported speech is a wh-question,wh-word will be used as a conjunction.
b.If the reported speech is a yes-no question or aux. Verb question,if or whether will be used as a conjunction.
3.If the reported speech is an imperative sentence,comma and inverted comma will be deleted in the following way:
a.If the reported speech is an imperative sentence started with a verb,no conjunction is used and preposition 'to' is used there for deleting comma and inverted comma.
b.If the reported speech is an imperative sentence started with do not+verb+ext.,'not to ' will be used there for deleting comma and inverted comma.
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