Direct and Indirect Speech With Examples

DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

Direct Speech-

The actual words of the speaker are called Direct speech. how to talk about what someone said ? Direct speech repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. place the words spoken between quotation marks (" ") and there is no change in these words.

Example: -

1.Rahul said to sachin, "I don’t like your cricket today.”

2.Bheem said to Indumati, “I can help your father.”

There are two parts of Direct Speech:-

• Reported verb


• Reported speech

Changing while converting Direct into Indirect Speech:-

• Said to


• Conjunction


• Pronoun


• Tenses


• Time Expressing Words

Note:- Before changing, we identify the sentence of reported speech.

Types of Sentences

• Assertive sentences : convey message


• Interrogative sentences: asking questions


• Imperative sentences: to order, give commands, etc.

Indirect speech

Reported or indirect speech is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken. When we want to report what someone said without speech marks (Inverted commas) and without necessarily using exactly the same words.

Example:

1. Dev told Anjali that he would never forgot her because she had broken his heart.


2. Nobita told Shizuka that he did not like her.

Key Points:

• Reporting Speech: The first part in the direct speech is called reporting speech.


• Reported Speech: The second part of the sentence, which is closed in inverted commas or quotation marks, is called reported speech.

• Reporting Verb: The verb of the reporting speech is called the reporting verb.

• Reported Verb: The verb of the reported speech is called the reported verb.