What is the main purpose of using indirect speech?

Indirect Speech Tense Changes

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To use more words than necessary
To make the statement more complex
To report what someone else said while keeping the original meaning
To change the meaning of the original statement
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does the tense change when converting 'I love parrots' to indirect speech?
It changes to past continuous
It remains the same
It changes to past simple
It changes to future simple
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How do you report 'I want to eat pizza today' in indirect speech?
He said he will eat pizza today
He said he wanted to eat pizza that day
He said he had eaten pizza that day
He said he wants to eat pizza today
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the indirect speech form of 'I am making the toy now'?
He said he had made the toy then
He said he will make the toy now
He said he was making the toy then
He said he is making the toy now
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the indirect speech form of 'I have done it'?
He said he had done it
He said he has done it
He said he did it
He said he will do it
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In indirect speech, how does 'will' change?
It changes to 'shall'
It changes to 'would'
It remains 'will'
It changes to 'can'
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is a correct transformation for indirect speech?
Past simple becomes present simple
Future simple becomes past perfect
Present perfect becomes past simple
Present continuous becomes past continuous
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