direct and indirect speech rules
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The grandfather asked his grandsons if they had not liked his story the day before.
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1. I say, “I want to sleep.”
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2. He says, “I like sweets.”
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3. You said, “I will meet the doctor.”
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4. They said, “We are starting now.”
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5. Mother said to me, “I was waiting for you for a long time.”
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1. I said to you, “what do you want?”
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2. You said to me, “why are you wasting your time?”
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3. She said to you, “when will you start from London?”
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4. I said to my brother, “where were you this morning?”
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5. The teacher said to Sarah, “who were you waiting for?”
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1. Sarah said to her sister, “Do you always get up early?”
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2. Father said to children, “Have you prepared well for the test?”
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3. Kamal said to the driver, “Can you take me to the lawer now?”
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4. The policeman said to me, “Are you in such a hurry to cross the road?”
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5. Jaya said to the watchman, “Did you find the key anywhere?”
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Rule 1: In Direct speech the first word after the inverted commas beings with a capital letter.
Rule 2: The exact word of the speaker are marked of by the inverted commas are called Dirct speech. The speech within cotation is separated from the reporting person by the comma.
Rule 3: Words such as Alas, Oh, wow should be left out in indirect speech.
Rule 4: Removing the question mark while forming an assertive sentence.
E.g:
Direct: She said to prachi, "Do you have an extra copy?"
Indirect: She asked prachi if she had an extra copy.
Rule 5: Simple present changes into Simple past.
Rule 6: Simple future: will changes into would.
Rule 7: The Reporting verb 'said' becomes 'told' along with the subject and the connector 'that'when it is followed by an object.