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Direct and Indirect
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Speech

Warm-up

Tick the sentences that show the exact words of the speaker.

1. The girl said, ‘I like my pet very much.’

2. Mohit said that he had met Julie at the mall.

3. Rohan said, ‘I will reach home by 8 o’clock.’

4. ‘There’s a fly in my soup!’ cried Priyanka.

5. She said that it was very hot.

6. He said that he was going to watch a play.

7. Ms Das said, ‘I have been teaching for fifteen years.’

8. ‘Hi! My name is Ria,’ she said.

In direct speech, the exact words of the speaker are quoted.
In indirect speech, the words of the speaker are reported with necessary changes in
tense, time expressions and pronouns.

Rules for Indirect Speech

1. The words of the speaker are not enclosed within quotation marks. For example,

y Ben said, ‘I am happy.’ (direct speech)
Ben said that he was happy. (indirect speech)

2. The conjunction that is usually used between reporting verb and reported speech in
indirect speech. For example,
y Rahman said, ‘I love music.’

Rahman said that he loved music.

3. The pronouns and the possessive adjectives also change according to subject or object
of the sentence in direct speech. For example,
y She said, ‘I don’t like tea.’

She said that she didn’t like tea.
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