Change in indirect speech
Rohan says to me," You help me."
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Answer: Rohan said to me to help him.
1. Reporting Clause and Reported Speech:
Sohan told Mohan that he was going to school. The words which generally come before the inverted commas are called the reporting clause, i.e. Sohan said to Mohan and the verb ‘said’, is called the reporting verb. The words spoken by Sohan and put within inverted commas are called the reported speech, i.e. “I am going to school.”
2. Rules for Changing Direct Speech into Indirect Speech:
In the Indirect speech, no inverted commas are used.
The conjunctions that, if, whether, are generally used after the reporting verb.
The first word of the reported speech begins with a capital letter.
The tense of the reporting verb is never changed.
The reporting verb changes according to sense: it may be told, asked, inquired
3. Rules for the Change of Pronouns:
The first person pronouns (I, me, my, we, us, our) in the reported speech change according to the subject of the reporting verb.
The pronouns of the second person (you, your, yourself) in the reported speech change according to the object of the reporting verb.
The pronouns of the third person do not change.
For example:
He said, “I like the book.”
He said that he liked the book.
He said to me, “Do you like the book?”
He asked me if I liked the book.
He said, “He likes the book.”
He said that he liked the book.
4. Changes in words expressing nearness, time, auxiliaries, etc.
5. Change in Tenses:
If the reporting verb is in the present or the future tense, the tense of the reported speech is not changed:
Satish says, “I am flying a kite.”
Satish says that he is flying a kite.
Satish will say, “I want a glass of milk.”
Satish will say that he wants a glass of milk.
If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the tense of the reported speech will change as follows: