Chart of changes in Indirect Speech

 

 

Kind of the sentence	Nature of the sentence	Reporting verb	Conjunction
Assertive	General Statement	said/told	that
Interrogative	Question(?) mark at the end of a sentence. (i)Starting with 'who', 'which', 'what', 'why', 'when', 'where', 'how' etc. question words. (ii)Starting with 'do', 'did', 'is', 'was', 'can', 'shall', 'will', 'have' etc helping verbs.	asked/ enquired of	(i)No different connective; Question word use as a conjunction. (ii) if or whether
Imperative	request, order, advise etc. The sentence starts with a verb. Subject 'you' remains hidden.	requested, begged, commanded, ordered, advised, forbade	Do not use conjunction after Reporting verb.
Optative	Wish cognitive or pray to God	Wished or prayed	that
Exclamatory	surprise, sorrow, joy indicator. Exclamation (!) mark at the end of the sentence.	exclaimed, cried out, shouted etc.	that