Question

TEACH ME DIRECT INDIRECT PROPERLY WITH ONE BY ONE WITH ALL RULES FOR CLASS 6 NO SPAM IF YOUR ANSWER IS CORRECT WITH ALL RULE PROMISE TO MARK AS BRAINALSIT

Answer 1

Explanation:

Direct speech – reporting the message of the speaker in the exact words as spoken by him.

Direct speech example: Maya said ‘I am busy now’.

Indirect speech: reporting the message of the speaker in our own words

Indirect speech example: Maya said that she was busy then.

Let us understand the direct and indirect rules with examples and for all tenses so that you can apply them correctly, without making any mistakes in the exams.

Rule 1 – Direct To Indirect Speech Conversion – Reporting Verb

When the reporting verb of direct speech is in past tense then all the present tenses are changed to the corresponding past tense in indirect speech.

Direct to indirect speech example:

Direct: She said, ‘I am happy’.

Indirect: She said (that) she was happy.

Rule 2 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech conversion – Present Tense

Present Perfect Changes to Past Perfect.

Direct to indirect speech example:

Direct: “I have been to Boston”, she told me.

Indirect: She told me that she had been to Boston.

Present Continuous Changes to Past Continuous

Direct to indirect speech example:

Direct: “I am playing the guitar”, she explained.

Indirect: She explained that she was playing the guitar.

Rule 3 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech conversion – Past Tense & Future Tense

Simple Past Changes to Past Perfect

Direct to indirect speech example:

Direct: She said, “Irvin arrived on Sunday.”

Indirect: She said that Irvin had arrived on Sunday.

Past Continuous Changes to Past Perfect Continuous

Direct to indirect speech example

Direct: “We were playing basketball”, they told me.

Indirect: They told me that they had been playing basketball.

Rule 4 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech Conversion – Interrogative Sentences

No conjunction is used, if a sentence in direct speech begins with a question (what/where/when) as the “question-word” itself acts as a joining clause.

Direct to indirect speech example

Direct: “Where do you live?” asked the boy.

Indirect: The boy enquired where I lived.

Rule 5 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech Conversion – Changes in Modals

While changing direct speech to indirect speech, the modals used in the sentences change like:

Can becomes could

May becomes might

Must becomes had to /would have to

Check the examples:

Direct : She said, ‘She can dance’.

Indirect: She said that she could dance.

Rules of converting Indirect Speech into Direct speech:

1. Use the reporting verb such as (say, said to) in its correct tense.
2. Use the reporting verb such as (say, said to) in its correct tense.Put a comma before the statement and the first letter of the statement should be in capital letter.
3. Use the reporting verb such as (say, said to) in its correct tense.Put a comma before the statement and the first letter of the statement should be in capital letter.Insert question mark, quotation marks, exclamation mark and full stop, based on the mood of the sentence.
4. Use the reporting verb such as (say, said to) in its correct tense.Put a comma before the statement and the first letter of the statement should be in capital letter.Insert question mark, quotation marks, exclamation mark and full stop, based on the mood of the sentence.Remove the conjunctions like (that, to, if or whether) wherever necessary.
5. Use the reporting verb such as (say, said to) in its correct tense.Put a comma before the statement and the first letter of the statement should be in capital letter.Insert question mark, quotation marks, exclamation mark and full stop, based on the mood of the sentence.Remove the conjunctions like (that, to, if or whether) wherever necessary.Where the reporting verb is in past tense in indirect, change it to present tense in the direct speech.
6. Use the reporting verb such as (say, said to) in its correct tense.Put a comma before the statement and the first letter of the statement should be in capital letter.Insert question mark, quotation marks, exclamation mark and full stop, based on the mood of the sentence.Remove the conjunctions like (that, to, if or whether) wherever necessary.Where the reporting verb is in past tense in indirect, change it to present tense in the direct speech.Change the past perfect tense either into present perfect tense or past tense, as necessary.

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