Direct and Indirect Speech Online Test

Socrates said, “Virtue is its own reward.” (universal truth statements)
Socrates said that virtue is its own reward.
Use conjunction ‘that’. We don’t change the tense of the universal truth statements.

Anaya said, “I am busy now”.
Anaya said that he was busy then.
Use conjunction ‘that’; change ‘I’ into ‘She’ and ‘now’ into ‘then’.

“It is a pleasure to do business with you.”
He said that it was a pleasure to do business with me.
Use simple past tense, and change ‘you’ into ‘me’.

The teacher said, “the earth revolves around the sun.” (universal truth statements)
The teacher said that the earth revolves around the sun.
We don’t change the tense of the universal truth statements.

My husband said to me, “Wait for me outside.”
My husband told me to wait for him outside.

Gita said, “This is my book”.
Gita said that this was her book.

I told him that he was not working hard.
I said to him, “you are not working hard.”

The employer said to him, “I shall pay your wages tomorrow.”
The employer told him that he would pay his wages the next, day.

He replied, “I have promised to reward my servants.”
He replied that he had promised to reward his servants.
Use past perfect tense, change ‘my’ into ‘his’.

My friend said to me, “Beware of cheats.”
My friend told me to beware of cheats.
Change ‘said to’ into ‘told, use infinitive ‘to’.