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Answer:

Indirect Speech:

1. The boy said that he missed his dog.

2. The boy said that he wants to play with the dog.

Direct Speech:

1. " You are so cute", said the boy.

2. " Can we play together?", asked the boy.

Explanation:

Indirect speech (also reported speech or indirect discourse) is a grammatical mechanism for reporting the content of another utterance without directly quoting it. For example, the English sentence Jill said she was coming is indirect discourse while Jill said "I'm coming" would be direct discourse.

Direct speech is a sentence in which the exact words spoken are reproduced in speech marks (also known as quotation marks or inverted commas).  

For example:

"Our teacher has a broomstick and a black pointy hat in the back of her car. Maybe she's a witch!"

"No, silly! They're for the school play!" replied Louise, sighing.

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