5°) Indirect speech: "In an interview with BBC ahead of the realese of his film on monday, Ronaldo said he had reached a level from where it is "not easy to improve" (segment of interview of BBC with Cristiano Ronaldo, after he realese his film).

This sentence it's an example of indirect speech (reported speech) because report what a speaker said without using the exact words. It's formed by the subject + said (that) + what be said.


Direct speech: "He said: "I don't need to say 'I'm in the history of football, I'm a legend'. The numbers say everything."" (segment of interview of BBC with Cristiano Ronaldo, after he realese his film).

This sentence it's an example of direct speech (quoted speech) because states the exact words that the speaker used. It's formed by quotation marks before the speech (he said).