This document discusses how to change direct speech into reported or indirect speech in English. It covers changing statements, questions, commands, and exclamations from direct to indirect speech. Tense changes, pronouns, time and place expressions are altered based on reporting rules in reported speech. Examples are provided to illustrate these changes for different types of sentences.
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Present Simple Past Simple
Present continuous Past continuous
Present Perfect Past Perfect
Past Simple Past Perfect
Will / can / shall would / could / should
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Now Then Here There
This That Thus so
These Those Today That day
4. 3
Tomorrow The following day
Next week The following week
Yesterday The previous day
Last night The previous night
To night That night
Age Before
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Examples:
He says to us Im a student He tells us he is a student.
The boy said to me Im in the class and am writing The boy told
me that he was in the class and was writing.
She said I was at Cairo Yesterday . She said she had been at
Cairo the previous day.
-(I/ We)(He / She / They)
-(you)(I)(me)
-(He / She / It )
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-(and added that / and that)
Example:
He said I shall try to be in time . I am sorry I was late yesterday .
He said that he would try to be in time and added that he was sorry he
had been late the day before.
-yes( agreed / answered in the
affirmative) .
Example: He said , Yes I shall take it. He answered in the
affirmative that he would take it .
Or : He agreed to take it .
-No(refused / answered in the negative )
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-Question
(be have do- Model Verbs)
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Said asked / enquired / wanted to know / wonder
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If / whether
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Subject + verb + object
Examples:
He says Is the weather good today? He asked if the weather is
good that day .
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( Who Whom Which Where When
How)
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Examples:
I said to her Where will you spend the holiday? I asked her
where she would spend the holiday .
She says what shall I say mother? She asked her mother what
she shall say.
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Examples:
She said to the servant Clean the room and shut the door .
She ordered the servant to clean the room and shut the door .
The father said to the child Dont play in the street . The
father told the child not to play in the street .
The doctor said to me Stay in bed and take this medicine .
The doctor advised me to stay in bed and take that medicine.
The poor man said to me please give me some food to eat.
The poor man begged me to give him some food to eat.
(please)
12. 11
-The Exclamation
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Said exclaimed Said to told
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With joy / with sorrow
With surprise / with admiration
-that
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Alas! / oh!/ How! / What ! / Hurrah!
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Examples:
He said , What a titanic ship! He exclaimed with admiration that
the ship was titanic.
He cried Alas ! There is no hope of his recovery He exclaimed
with sorrow that there was no hope of his recovery.
Hurrah! we are going to have a holiday tomorrow said the pupils.
The pupil exclaimed with joy that they were going to have holiday next
day .