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Indirect
Speech
I.
Content
Introduction
II. Conversion
III. Reported statements
- “Say”, “Tell”
IV. Reported questions
- Beginning with question
words
- Not beginning with
question words
V. Reported commands, requests
etc.
VI. Exclamation and yes/no
Introduction
l Direct speech is the actual speech
quoted from the speaker
I am mcmug.
Introduction
l Indirect speech is the speaker’s
speech reported by the third person
He said he is
mcmug.
Mechanism of
Converting Direct
Speech into
Indirect Speech
(Rules)
Direct Speech to Indirect
Speech
A) Put THAT before the Indirect Statement
e.g. He said, “The game is exciting.”
He said that the game was exciting.
B) SAID TO TOLD
Direct Speech to Indirect
Speech
C) Pronouns
Direct Reported Direct Reported
Speech Speech Speech Speech
I He, she Me Him, her
We They Us Them
You He, she, they You Him, Her, them
My His, her Mine His, hers
Our Their Ours Theirs
Your His, her, their Yours His, hers, theirs
Direct Speech to Indirect
Speech
D) Verb Tense
Direct Speech Reported Speech
Present Tense Past Tense
Present Continuous Tense Past Continuous Tense
E.g. I am happy.
Ans.
Tom said that he would be there in time
Reported
l Questions
Introduced with verbs :
asked, inquired, wondered, wanted to know,
tried to find out, etc
l NEVER introduced with “said”
l Relative pronoun “that” is NEVER
used
l “?” is replaced by “.” at the end
l There are two types:
l Beginning with question words
l Not beginning with question words
Beginning with
question words
E.g.1.
“Where have you been this afternoon?” the
mother asked her son.
E.g.2.
“Hi, John,” Tom said. “Lovely day, isn’t it!”
Tom greeted John and remarked that it was
a lovely day.
Exclamation and
yes/no
• Yes/no are reported by subject +
auxiliary verb (do, does, did, etc)
E.g.1.
“Have you had your lunch?” Sam asked.
“Yes,” Paul replied.
Sam asked Paul if he had had his lunch
and Paul replied that he had
Exclamation and
yes/no
E.g.2.
“Did you watch the TV programme last night?”
Mary asked Sue. “No,” Sue replied.
E.g.1
‘‘Don’t play with that knife, Sally,’’ Mrs. Chan
said. ‘‘You’ll hurt yourself.’’