Direct and indirect speech

Direct and indirect speech

Direct speech

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: "You'll never guess what I've just seen!" said Sam

Indirect speech

For example, He said "I'm coming" is direct speech, whereas He said (that) he was coming is indirect speech. ... In indirect speech certain grammatical categories are changed relative to the words of the original sentence.

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Direct or indirect sam told lucy that she went for picnic yesterday

• Direct

• Indirect

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Convert to direct Someone asked me where is Mr. Rakesh's home

• Someone told me who is Mr .Rakesh ?

• Someone asked me where is Mr. Rakesh's house?

• Someone requested me " where is Mr. Rakesh's house?"

• Someone asked me " where is Mr. Rakesh's house

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Is/am/are changes to

• Was/for

• Have /has

• Was/were

• Do/Does

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Manu said " the kites are flying in sky"

• Manu told that the kites are flying in the sky"

• Manu said kites were flying in the sky

• Manu said that the kites were flying in the sky

• Manu said that the kites was flying in the sky

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Rule for direct present present perfect

• Subject +V2 + Object

• Subject +is/am/are+V1 +ing+ Object

• Subject+had+V3+Object

• Subject + has/have+V3+Object

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I told him that it would rain the next day

• I said to him " It was rain tomorrow"

• I say to him “ It will rain today only”

• I said to him “ It will rain tomorrow only”

• I said to him “It will rain tomorrow”

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I said “ He won the race”

• I said that he win the race

• I said that he would win the race

• I told that he have won the race

• I said that he had won the race

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Rule for future Continuous

• Subject+ will/shall+V1+object)

• Subject +will/shall+be+V1 +ing+ Object

• Subject+ would+V1+object

• Subject +would+be+V1 +ing+ Object