Question

WHAT IS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH ?
a. WHAT IS DIRECT SPEECH ? GIVE EXPLANATION .
b. WHAT IS INDIRECT SPEECH ? GIVE EXPLANATION.
c. GIVE EXAMPLE FOR DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH.

Answer 1

DIRECT SpEECh

the reporting of speech by repeating the direct direct words

for example I am going "she said"

INDiRect speech:

itx usually used to talk about past

we use reporting verbs like"say" "tell" etc

Answer 2

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WHAT IS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH ?

a. WHAT IS DIRECT SPEECH ? GIVE EXPLANATION .

b. WHAT IS INDIRECT SPEECH ? GIVE EXPLANATION.

c. GIVE EXAMPLE FOR DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH.

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Direct speech ☞ Direct speech describes when something is being repeated exactly as it was, ( directly ) usually in between a pair of inverted commas.

Indirect Speech ☞ Indirect speech will still share the same information, but instead of expressing someone's comments or speech by directly repeating them, it involves reporting or describing what was said ( indirectly ).

Look at the following examples :-

Direct Speech: She said to me, “I am writing a letter to my brother.”

Indirect Speech: She told me that she was writing a letter to her brother.

Rules for conversion of Indirect Speech to Direct Speech -

• Use the reporting verb, "say" or "said to" in its correct tense.

• Remove the conjuctions "that, to, if or whether etc".

• Insert quotation marks, question mark, exclamation and full stop, wherever necessary.

• Put a comma before the statement.

General rules for changing direct speech into indirect speech -

• Omit all inverted commas or quotation marks.

• End the sentence with a full stop.

• If the verb inside the inverted commas/quotation marks is in the present tense, change it into the corresponding past tense.

Note :- Reported Speech and Indirect Speech are the same.