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Direct-Indirect Speech

This document discusses the differences between direct and indirect speech and provides rules for changing direct speech into indirect speech. Direct speech uses exact words from the speaker, while indirect speech reports the general idea without exact words. When changing to indirect speech, pronouns change to agree with the new context, the word "that" is added, tenses may change, "said to" becomes "told", and questions are introduced with a question word and follow statement word order.

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Direct-Indirect Speech

This document discusses the differences between direct and indirect speech and provides rules for changing direct speech into indirect speech. Direct speech uses exact words from the speaker, while indirect speech reports the general idea without exact words. When changing to indirect speech, pronouns change to agree with the new context, the word "that" is added, tenses may change, "said to" becomes "told", and questions are introduced with a question word and follow statement word order.

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DIRECT AND

INDIRECT SPEECH
Direct Speech
 quoting the actual/exact
words of the speaker.
Example:
Clinton said, “ I am very busy
right now.”
Indirect Speech
 reporting the words of the
speaker without quoting his
exact words.
Example:
Clinton said that he was very
busy then.
RULES IN
CHANGING
SENTENCES FROM
DIRECT TO
INDIRECT SPEECH
1. When changing from
direct to indirect speech,
change all the pronouns to
agree with the sense of the
new sentence.
Example:

The man said, “I will not bar


the door.”
- The man said that he would
not bar the door.
2. In indirect speech, the word
that is inserted after the verb.
Example:

The man said, “I will not bar the


door.”
- The man said that he would not
bar the door.
3. In indirect speech, the
present tense is followed
by the present tense used
in the spoken words. The
past tense is followed by
the past tense.
Example:
The wife said, “I will not bar the
door.”
 The wife says that she will not bar
the door. – PRESENT TENSE
 The wife said that she would not bar
the door. – PAST TENSE
4. In indirect speech, said to
is changed to told , and said
to him/her is changed to
told him/her.
Example:

The wife said to her husband,


“Get up and bar the door.”
- The wife told her husband that
he should get up and bar the
door.
 When changing questions
from direct to indirect
speech follow the same
rules as with the statements,
but keep in mind the
following additional points:
5. An indirect question must
be introduced by the verb
ask (or a similar verb) and
not by the verb say.
Example:

Olie said, “When is Marlyn


going away?”
- Olie asked when Marlyn was
going away.
6. Since a direct question
really becomes a statement
when it is changed into the
indirect form, therefore the
normal word order of a
statement follows the
connecting word.
Example:

Olie said, “Where does Mitos


take her lessons?”
- Olie asked where Mitos took
her lessons.
7. If the direct question is not
introduced by some words
like when, where, why, or
how much, it must be
introduced by whether or if
when changed into indirect
form.
Example:
Pepe asked, “Does Maria take
her lessons here?”
 Pepe asked whether Maria
took her lessons here.
 Pepe asked if Maria took her
lessons here.

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