He said that he would be late because there was a lot of traffic at that time. For example: Scott said that he was coming to work. When we use reported speech, we usually change the verbs, specific times, and pronouns. I will be late because there is a lot of traffic now.” When we use direct speech, we use the same words but use quotation marks, For example: Scott said, “I am coming to work.
In Online Education When we want to tell somebody else what another person said, we can use either direct speech and reported speech.
