Question

Change the given sentence into Indirect Speech. (Any one)
(i) He said, "I am watching T.V."
(ii) I said to my friend, "You are very hard-working."

Hint:

When converting to Indirect Speech, "said to" becomes "told" + Object. Don't forget to remove the quotation marks and add "that".

Answer 1

Step 1: Tense Change - Since the reporting verb (said) is in the past, the internal tense changes (am watching $to$ was watching; are $to$ was).
Step 2: Pronoun Change - 'I' changes to 'he' and 'You' changes to 'he/she' based on the listener.