Question

what is the meaning of direct and indirect speech ​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Indirect speech is a means of expressing the content of statements, questions or other utterances, without quoting them explicitly as is done in direct speech. For example, He said "I'm coming" is direct speech, whereas He said (that) he was coming is indirect speech

Answer 2

Answer:

Direct speech can be used in virtually every tense in English. You can use it to describe something in the present tense – to express something that is happening in the present moment, or make it feel like it is happening right now.

For example:

“While she’s on the phone, she’s saying to him, “I’m never going to talk to you again.”

You can also use direct speech in the past and future tenses. You’ll often come across direct speech in the past tense to describe something that has already happened. Most written forms of English will use direct speech in this way.

For example:

“He said to her, “I’ll catch the last train home.”

Direct speech can be used in the future tense too, to create a feeling of anticipation, or expectation. It can also be used to express something that you plan to say to someone.

While you might not come across this in formal or professional forms of written English, you will probably see this commonly in creative forms of writing, such as a story or novel.

For example:

Before I go away I’ll tell him, “I’m never coming back.”

Direct speech isn’t always a description of what someone may have spoken. You can also quote from other texts in a similar way, by using inverted commas before and after the quote. Here, instead of using the verb “to say”, you might want to use a different verb instead, such as “to write”, “to state” or “to describe”.

Indirect speech

Indirect speech is used to report what someone may have said, and so it is always used in the past tense. Instead of using inverted commas, we can show that someone’s speech is being described by using the word “that” to introduce the statement first.

For example:

“She said that she was not hungry.”

You can use different verbs to express what is being reported – while “to say” is quite commonly used, you might also want to use “to tell”, to describe something that has been told to you.

For example:

“He told me that he didn’t have enough money