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Direct and indirect speech

Direct and indirect speech

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7th Grade

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Neha Bansal

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​What do you mean by direct and indirect speech?

Direct speech is when we use the exact words of the speaker.

For example-:

1} Ram said," I am going to the market".

​2} I said," I have already visited the bank".

​Indirect speech is when we convey the message of the speaker in our own words.It is also known as reported speech.

​1} Ram said that he was going to the market.

​2} I said that I had already visited the bank".

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​Rules for a sentence into Indirect speech-

​1. Remove all the double inverted commas and comma.

​2. Add the word 'that' in place of single comma which is after the reporting verb.

​3. Change the tense, pronoun and time of the sentence according to the rules.

​4. If the sentence in direct speech is a universal truth, so the tense of the sentence will not change in indirect speech.

​5. If the reporting verb in direct speech is in simple present, so the tense will not change in indirect speech.

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​Table1-: Change in tense

Direct speech Indirect speech

Present Simple Past Simple

​Present Continous Past Continous

​Present Perfect Past perfect

​Present Perfect Continous Past Perfect Continous

​Past Continous Past Perfect Continous

​Past Perfect No Change

​Past Perfect Continous No Change

​Past Simple Past perfect

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Fill in the Blank

Change the following in indirect speech

1} She said," I travel a lot".

2} She said, "I don't want to come".

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Change the following in indirect speech

1} "I am watching a movie", he said.

2} She said," l live here".

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