CHANGE THE SPEECH FROM DIRECT TO INDIRECT SPEECH:
1. The captain said, 'This is an occasion to celebrate.
2. The mother said to her daughter. I'm proud of your achievements
3. T've spoken nothing but the truth,' the prisoner said.
4. The mother said to her son. 'I will lend you the money but you have to
5. 'Is your father at home?' the stranger asked me.
6. 'Get out of the class,' the teacher yelled at the boy.
7. Sarika said, 'Let's get something to eat.'
8. Karan said, 'Alas, how foolish I have been.'
9. The traveler said, I've lost all my money.'
10. They said to her this morning, 'We will meet you tomorrow evening
CHANGE THE SPEECH FROM INDIRECT TO DIRECT SPEECH:
He admitted that he had never met us.
b. They told us they would start the following day.
c. We called them that we were walking in the park.
d. She said she worked for Ford.
e. I replied that I had been trying to mend it since the morning.
f. He said that at one o'clock he had been doing nothing.
8. They explained that they had closed down the previous year.
h. Neil said he wished he could be independent.
1. She told us we had better accept it.
1. He claimed that someone had screamed in the garden.
k. Moira admitted that she would rather stay at home.
Answers
Answer:
1. The captain said that this is an the occasion to celebrate.
2. The mother said to her daughter that she proud of his achievements.
3. The prisoner said that T've spoken nothing but the truth
4. The mother said to her son that she will lend you the money but you have to
5. The stranger asked me that my father is at home.
6. The teacher told the boy to get out of the class.
7. Sarika said that let's get something to eat.
8. Karan said that how foolish he had been.
9. The traveler said that he had lost all his money.
10. They said to her morning that they will him the next evening
1. I said "I never meet you".
2. They said " I will start the next day".
3. We said them "we were talking in the park".
4. She said " I work for Ford".
5. I said " I trying to mend it since the morning".
6. I said " one o' clock I do nothing"
8 They said " I close the last year".
h. Neil said " I can be independent".
1. I said " They better accept it".
1. I said " someone scream in the garden".
k.Moira said " I will rather stay at home
Direct to Indirect Speech
1. The captain said that that was an occasion to celebrate.
2. The mother said to her daughter that she was proud of her achievements.
3. The prisoner said that he had spoken nothing but the truth.
4. The mother said to her son that she would lend him the money but he would have to return it.
5. The stranger asked me if my father was at home.
6. The teacher yelled at the boy and told him to get out of the class.
7. Sarika suggested that they should get something to eat.
8. Karan exclaimed in grief that he had been foolish.
9. The traveler said that he had lost all his money.
10. They said to her this morning that they would meet her the following evening.
Indirect to Direct Speech
a. He said, " I have never met you."
b. They said to us, " We will start tomorrow."
c. We said to them, "We are walking in the park."
d. She said, "I work for Ford."
e. I said, "I have been trying to mend it since the morning."
f. He said, "I was doing nothing at one o'clock."
g. They said, " We were closed down last year."
h. Neil said," I wish to be independent."
i. She said to us, "You better accept it."
j. He said, " Someone screamed in the garden."
k. Moira admitted, " I will rather stay at home."
Direct Speech
When the speaker speaks directly or when the subject gives the speech, it is called direct speech.
Indirect Speech
When someone else repeats or reiterates the speech of the subject, he is speaking in indirect narration.
Changing from Direct to Indirect Speech
- While changing from direct to indirect, the quotation marks are removed.
- The tense of the speech is changed according to the reporting verb.
Changing from Indirect to Direct Speech
- The quotations are placed before and after the main speech.
- The tense of the speech is in the present tense regardless of the reporting verb.