How to make direct speech into indirect

 

You can see that in changing a sentence from the direct into the direct speech:-

1). All pronouns of the FIRST PERSON in the reported speech are changed according to the subject of the reporting speech. (Examples 1-2)

2). All pronouns of the SECOND PERSON are changed according to the object. (Examples 3-4)

3). If the object is not there in the reporting speech, the pronouns of the second person may be changed into the pronouns of third person, first person or as the sense of the sentence allows. (Examples 5-6)

4). All pronouns of the third person remain unchanged. (Example 7)

5). When in direct speech the pronoun "we" represents humanity or the object of the reporting verb is also included in it, it (pronoun" we")  is not changed in indirect speech. (Example 9)

6). When the pronoun "we" is used for some king or queen, or some author, it is changed into "he" or "she" according to the sense. (Example 10-11)

7). When the pronoun "we" represents the editor of some newspaper or magazine, it (we) is changed into "it".(example 12)

8). Sometimes the pronoun of third person is repeated in the indirect speech to create ambiguity. To remove this ambiguity,the noun for which the pronoun is used may either be repeated or the noun may be written after the pronoun in the brackets. (examples 13)