There are two main ways to report someone's words: direct speech uses exact words, while indirect speech makes the words part of the reporting sentence by changing pronouns, tenses, and other words as needed based on changes in situation. Basic rules for indirect speech include changing pronouns and tenses to reflect a change in speaker or time. Reported questions do not use question marks or auxiliary "do", and yes/no questions are reported with "if/whether" while wh-questions use the interrogative without inversion. Certain verbs like "promise" and "order" are reported with infinitives or object + infinitive when reporting actions.

1. REPORTED SPEECH