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Changes of Tense while Changing Direct To Indirect

 Rules of changing direct into indirect speech
General rules:
1. Firstly comma (,) and the quotation marks (“…”) are removed.
2. Reporting verb is changed.
3. Conjunction is used according to different kinds of sentence i.e. assertive,
interrogative etc.
4. Pronoun is changed according to speaker and hearer.
5. Verb is changed according to the rule of the sequence of tenses( Tenses are
changed)
6. Words expressing nearness are changed into words expressing distance.
(1) Removal of comma and the quotation marks:

Example: Direct: Hiral said, “I am very busy now.”
Indirect: Hiral said that he was very busy then.