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Ye RULES FOR CHANGING DIRECT SPEECH INTO INDIRECT SPEECH, Change of Tense, ® The simple present in direct speech beco, , Satoj said, ‘Tanya tal gil?, , Saroj said that she mas a tall girl, However, for statements about universal truths or things that ate true to at all times, ng, change is made in the tense of the verb., , ‘The teacher said, “The sun riserin the east”, , ‘The teacher said that the sun rises in the east., , Father said, ‘God /eipr those who help themselves?, , Father said that God fej those who help themselves., ® The present continuous becomes the past continuous,, , ‘Tom said, ‘My father is playing squash., , ‘Tom said that his father mus playing squash,, , , , mes the simple past in indirect speech,, , ® The present perfect becomes the past perfect., He said, ‘I Aave eaten lunch., He said that he had eaten lunch,, The simple past becomes the past perfect., ‘He said, ‘I bought the watch in Rome?, He said that he Aad bought the watch in Rome,, Similarly, the past continuous changes to the past perfect continuous,, ‘Maria said, ‘Sheela was buying fruit in the market?, "Maria suid that Sheela Aad been baying frit in the market, ‘the present or future tense, the tense of the, , i