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What Is Direct & Indirect Speech?

The document discusses the difference between direct and indirect speech. Direct speech conveys the exact words spoken, using quotation marks. Indirect speech reports the meaning of what was said without using the exact words, instead using reporting verbs like "said." When changing direct to indirect speech, verbs are changed to the appropriate past tense, pronouns are changed if needed, and quotation marks are removed. Examples are provided to illustrate these rules.

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What Is Direct & Indirect Speech?

The document discusses the difference between direct and indirect speech. Direct speech conveys the exact words spoken, using quotation marks. Indirect speech reports the meaning of what was said without using the exact words, instead using reporting verbs like "said." When changing direct to indirect speech, verbs are changed to the appropriate past tense, pronouns are changed if needed, and quotation marks are removed. Examples are provided to illustrate these rules.

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Objective; Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts EN7G-III-e-3

What is Direct & Indirect Speech?

Direct Speech: the message of the speaker is conveyed or reported in his own actual words without any change.
Indirect Speech: the message of the speaker is conveyed or reported in our own words.

General rule:
- Omit all inverted commas or quotation marks. End the sentence with a full stop.
- If the verb inside the inverted commas/quotation marks is in the present tense, change it into the
corresponding past tense. If it is in the simple past tense, change it into the past perfect tense.
- The verb ‘am’ is changed to ‘was’. (Present Tense is changed to Past)

Example: Direct speech: The little boy said, “I want to go to the party.”
Indirect speech: The little boy said that he wants to go to the party.
Example: Direct speech: The girl said, ‘I like singing.’
Indirect speech: The girl said that she liked singing.

Example: Direct speech: Rahul said, ‘I will have to reach home by 8.30.’
Indirect speech: Rahul said that he would have to reach home by 8.30.

Example: Direct speech: Alina said, ‘I met James yesterday.’


Indirect speech: Alna said that she met James yesterday.

Example: Direct speech: The boy said, ‘I’m happy with my results.’
Indirect speech: The boy said that he was happy with his results.

1. June said, It is my car.”

a. June said that it is my car.


b. June said that it is her car.
c. June said that it was my car.
d. June said that was her car.

2. Jim said, “I work here every day.”

a. Jim said that her worked here yesterday.


b.  Jim said that he worked here every day.
c. Jim said that he worked here every day.
d. Jim said that he worked everyday.

3. Nan said, “I have finished my homework.”

a. Nan said that she had finished her homework. 


b. Nan said that she had finished my homework.
c. Nan said that she has finished her homework.
d. Nan said that she has finished my homework.

4. She said to me, “I can sleep alone.”

a. She said to me that she can sleep alone.


b. She told me that she can sleep alone.
c. She said to me that she could sleep alone.
d. She told me that she could sleep alone.

5. John said, "My friend may come tonight."

a. John said that his friend might come tonight.


b. John said that his friend might come that night.
c. John said that his friend might go that night.  
d. John said that his friend might go tonight.

1. She said, "I went to the cinema yesterday."


→ She said that she had gone to the cinema the day before.

2. He said, "I am writing a test tomorrow."


→ He said that he was writing a test the next day.
3. You said, "I will do this for him."
→ You said that you would do that for him.
4. She said, "I am not hungry now."
→ She said that she was not hungry then.
5. They said, "We have never been here before."
→ They said that they had never been there before.
6. They said, "We were in London last week."
→ They said that they had been in London the week before.
7. He said, "I will have finished this paper by tomorrow."
→ He said that he would have finished that paper by the next day.
8. He said, "They won't sleep."
→ He said that they wouldn't sleep.
9. She said, "It is very quiet here."
→ She said that it was very quiet there.

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