direct and indirect speeches usage
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Using direct speech means repeating the spoken phrase or word exactly as it was said. You can use this to repeat something that was said in the past – but you can also use it to express something being said in the present, too.
When used in written English, you must place the direct speech in inverted commas (“ “) at the beginning and end of the piece of speech. You will also need to use a verb such as “to say” or “to tell”, to describe the moment of speech.
For example:
She said, “I have never stayed in that hotel in my life.”
My mother keeps saying “I don’t know” over and over again.
An important point to note is that when you are describing multiple speakers, each person’s speech starts on a new line – even if it is just a short word or phrase.
For example:
He asked her, “Do you want to go to dinner?”
She said, “No.”
The direct speech can come before or after the pronoun and verb, and in some cases, you can even leave it out entirely. This is common in written English where there is a long conversation being described and it is obvious who is saying what.
For example:
My mother asked him, “How long have you known each other?”
“Five years,” he told her.
“And what do you do for a living?”
“I’m a taxi driver,” he said.
Using indirect speech
Indirect or reported speech is used to describe speech that happened in the past, where you are recounting something that was said to you before.
Because of this, you only ever use indirect speech in the past tense – and never in the present tense.
To construct indirect speech, you usually use reporting verbs like “to ask”, “to say” and “to tell”, and you may often include the word “that” to describe what was said.
For example:
“My mother said that he had not come back in months.”
“She told him that he had to stop calling her.”
“He asked for her new address.”
Rules to change a sentence from direct to indirect :
⭐ Convey the message given by the first person to the third person is termed as indirect speech.
⭐ The person who conveys is the second person to whom the first person told the compliment or a sentence.
✴ Indirect speech is a report on what someone else said or wrote without using that person's exact words.
Words of direct speech will turn to indirect in the following way :
⭐ Now - Then
⭐ Today - That day
⭐ Last night - previous night
⭐ Said - Told
⭐ Will be - would be
Here are few Examples :
She said to me, "Alas! Imran is no more. "
She exclaimed with sorrow that Imran was no more.
2. Ravi said, "My father will come tomorrow."
Ravi said that his father will arive the next day.
3. She says, “I am a little bit nervous.”
She says that she is a little bit nervous.
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