The reporting verb is not followed by an object, it is not changed.

The reporting verb ‘said to’ is changed-to ‘told’, ‘replied’, ‘remarked’,.

Changing Statements into Indirect Speech: Indirect: The teacher said that the First World War started in 1914.Ħ. Indirect: She said that God is omnipresent.ĭirect: The teacher said, “The First World War started in 1914.” Indirect : Rakesh said that he is an early riser. Indirect: He said that the sun rises in the east.ĭirect: Rakesh said, “I am an early riser.” Indirect: He said that honesty is the best policy.ĭirect: He said, “The sun rises in the east.”

If the direct speech expresses a historical fact, universal truth, or a habitual fact, then the tense of the direct speech will not change:ĭirect: He said, “Honesty is the best policy.”.

If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the tense of the reported speech will change as follows:.

Satish will say that he wants a glass of milk. Satish will say, “I want a glass of milk.”

If the reporting verb is in the present or the future tense, the tense of the reported speech is not changed:.

Changes in words expressing nearness, time, auxiliaries, etc.

The pronouns of the third person do not change.Ĥ.

The pronouns of the second person (you, your, yourself) in the reported speech change according to the object of the reporting verb.

The first person pronouns (I, me, my, we, us, our) in the reported speech change according to the subject of the reporting verb.

The reporting verb changes according to sense: it may be told, asked, inquired.

The tense of the reporting verb is never changed.

The first word of the reported speech begins with a capital letter.

The conjunctions that, if, whether, are generally used after the reporting verb.

In the Indirect speech, no inverted commas are used.Rules for Changing Direct Speech into Indirect Speech: The words spoken by Sohan and put within inverted commas are called the reported speech, i.e.

Sohan said to Mohan and the verb ‘said’, is called the reporting verb. The words which generally come before the inverted commas are called the reporting clause, i.e. Sohan told Mohan that he was going to school. Sohan told to Mohan that he (Sohan) was going to school.But when we give the substance of what Sohan said, it is called the Indirect Speech. The exact words spoken by Sohan are put within inverted commas. Sohan said to Mohan, “I am going to school.”.When we quote the exact words spoken by a person, we call it Direct Speech. The words spoken by a person can be reported in two ways-Direct and Indirect. (Statements, Commands, Requests, and Questions) CBSE Class 10 English Grammar – Direct And Indirect Speech

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