Direct and Indirect speech

What is direct speech?

Direct speech repeats or quotes the expressed all the words spoken. when we use the direct speech, we place the words spoken between the quotation marks ("first - person") . Direct speech is directly conveyed either in speech or in writing.

Examples:

He said, "i will hard to succeed."

The commander said, " we will defeat all the enemies.

What is indirect speech?

Indirect speech or reported speech is usually used to talk about the past,so we normally change the tense of the words spoken into. we use reporting verbs like 'tell','say',  'ask',and we can use the word 'that' to introduce the reported in place of (" ") direct and indirect speech also introduces the concept of 'Reported speech' and 'Reported verb'.

Examples:

He said that he will work hard to succeed.

The commander said that they will defeat all the enemies.