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Fundamental Rules for Direct and Indirect Speeches?
- Reported speech is not enclosed in quotation marks.
- Use of word “that”: The word “that” is used as a conjunction between the reporting verb and reported speech.
- Change in pronoun: The pronoun (subject) of the reported speech is changed according to the pronoun of reporting verb or object (person) of reporting verb (first part of sentence). Sometimes the pronoun may not change.
In following example the pronoun of reported speech is “I” which will be changed in indirect speech into the pronoun (Subject) of reporting verb that is “he”.
Example.
Direct speech: He said, “I am happy”
Indirect Speech: He said that he was happy.
Direct speech: I said to him, “You are intelligent”
Indirect Speech: I said him that he was intelligent.
(“You” changed to “he”)
Change in time: Time is changed according to certain rules like Now to Then, Today to That Day, Tomorrow to Next Day and Yesterday to Previous Day.
Examples,
Direct speech: He said, “I am happy today”
Indirect Speech: He said that he was happy that day.
Change in the tense of reported speech: If the first part of sentence (reporting verb part) belongs to Past Tense the tense of reported speech will change. If the first part of sentence (reporting verb part) belongs to Present or Future Tense, the tense of reported speech will not change.
Examples,
Direct speech: He said, “I am happy”
Indirect Speech: He said that he was happy. (Tense of reported speech changed)
Direct speech: He says, “I am happy”
Indirect Speech: He said that he is happy. (Tense of reported speech didn’t change)
Direct Speech: He will say, “I am happy”
Indirect Speech: He will say that I am happy. (Both the reported speech and tense didn’t change)
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