Indirect or direct speech
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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
We understand better through examples, here are few :
- "What time does the supermarket open?", He said.
He asked me at which time the supermarket would open.
- What is your last name?
May I know what your last name is?
- Mom said, "Bring the veggies from the nearby supermarket please."
My mom requested me to the bring the veggies from the nearby supermarket.
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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