REPORTED SPEECH

​Previous Knowledge

State the difference between Direct and Indirect Speech with a suitable example.

​Learning Objectives

To identify the rules of reported speech.

To apply the rules and change the sentences from Direct to Indirect Speech.

​Rules of Conversion

​ Changes – Direct to Indirect speech

1.Quotation marks are omitted.

2. The comma is replaced with the conjunction   ‘that’.

3. The reporting verb ‘said to’ changes to ‘told’.

4.  The tense of the verb in the reported speech ( Simple present) changes to (Simple past) .

5. The first person pronoun ( I ) changes to third person pronoun ( she) and the second person pronoun ( you) changes to third person pronoun( her).

Poll

Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?

• “Do you want any sweets?” my dad asked. “I’m just about to go to the shop.”

• “Do you want any sweets? my dad asked”. I’m just about to “go to the shop.”

• Do you want any sweets? “my dad asked”. “I’m just about to go to the shop.”

• “Do you want any sweets?” “my dad asked.” I’m just about to go to the shop.

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​Examples:

a. “We are the best students,” he said.

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    He said that they were the best students.

b. “ I read a book yesterday,” said the boy.

 The boy said that he had read a book the previous   day.

Multiple Choice

All present tenses (simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive) go to ____________________________ tenses in transforming direct to indirect speech.

• future

• past

• present

• past modal

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