25 Nov 7 Eng

RANIGANJ LIONS J.D.M.C. D.A.
V PUBLIC SCHOOL,
RANIGANJ.W.B.
SUBJECT : ENGLISH STUDY MATERIALS TOPIC: REPORTED
SPEECH CLASS : VII SECTION________
NAME : ______________ROLL No. ____________________ DATE:
25.11.2020
1. Study the following sentences.

a) Direct: Radha said, “I am very busy now.”
b) Indirect: Radha said that she was very busy then.
Direct Speech: The actual speech spoken by the speaker is conveyed in his
own words without any change.
Indirect Speech: the message of the speaker is conveyed or reported..
Take note :
While turning Direct Speech into Indirect Speech
## All inverted commas or quotation marks are omitted and the sentence
ends with a full stop.
## Conjunction ‘that’ is added before the indirect statement.
## The pronoun is changed accordingly
## time words or expressions are changed
Tip 1: Conversion Rules as per the Reporting Verb
When the reporting or principal verb is in the Past Tense, all Present tenses
of the direct are changed into the corresponding Past Tenses.
a) Direct: He said, “I am unwell.”
b) Indirect: He said (that) he was unwell.
If the reporting verb is in the Present or Future Tense, the tenses of the Direct
Speech do not change.
a) Direct: He says/will say, “I am unwell.”
b) Indirect: He says/will say he is unwell.
The Tense in Indirect Speech is NOT CHANGED if the words within the
quotation marks talk of a universal truth or habitual action.
a) Direct: They said, “We cannot live without water.”
b) Indirect: They said that we cannot live without water.
Tip 2: Conversion Rules of Present Tense in Direct Speech
Simple Present Changes to Simple Past
a) Direct: "I am happy", she said.
b) Indirect: She said that she was happy.
Present Continuous Changes to Past Continuous
a) Direct: "I am reading a book", he explained.
b) Indirect: He explained that he was reading a book.
Present Perfect Changes to Past Perfect
a) Direct: She said, "He has finished his food“.
b) Indirect: She said that he had finished his food.
Present Perfect Changes to Past Perfect
a) Direct: "I have been to Gujarat", he told me.
b) Indirect: He told me that he had been to Gujarat.
Tip 3: Conversion Rules of Past & Future Tense
Simple Past Changes to Past Perfect
a) Direct: He said, “Ira arrived on Monday."
b) Indirect: He said that Ira had arrived on Monday.
Past Continuous Changes to Past Perfect Continuous
a) Direct: "We were living in Goa", they told me.
b) Indirect: They told me that they had been living in Goa.
Future Changes to Present Conditional
a) Direct: He said, "I will be in Kolkata tomorrow."
b) Indirect: He said that he would be in Kolkata the next day.
Tip 4: Command, Request, Exclamation, Wish
Commands and Requests
Indirect Speech is introduced by some verbs like ordered, requested,
advised and suggested. Forbid(s)/ forbade is used for the negative
sentences. The imperative mood is changed into the Infinitive.
a) Direct: Rafique said to Ahmed, “Go away.”
b) Indirect: Rafique ordered Ahmed to go away.
c) Direct: He said to her, “Please wait.”
d) Indirect: He requested her to wait.
Tip5: Change of Place and Time
Words expressing nearness in time or place in Direct Speech are generally
changed into words expressing distance in Indirect Speech.
Now -- then
Here -- there
Ago -- before
Today -- that day
Tomorrow -- the next day
Yesterday -- the day before
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RANIGANJ LIONS J.D.M.C. D.A.V PUBLIC SCHOOL, RANIGANJ.W.B.
CLASS : VII SUBJECT : ENGLISH : TOPIC: WORKSHEET ON REPORTED

SPEECH
NAME ________________ ROLL __________________DATE: 25.11.2020
1. Choose the correct option from those given below.

i) She said to me , "He will come tomorrow".
Ans. She told me that he ________ the following day..
(A) is coming (B) will come (C) would come (D) should
come
ii) He said to me, "I have been there".

Ans. He told me that he ________ there.
(A) has been (B) had been (C) Was (D) have been
iii) He said, “ I’m leaving for Delhi now.”

(A) He said that he has been leaving for Delhi then. (B) He said that he is
leaving for Delhi now. (C) He said that I was leaving for Delhi then. (D) He
said that he was leaving for Delhi then.
iv) She said to me, ‘Start.’
(A) She forbade me to start. (B) She asked me to start. (C) She
requested me to start. (D) She advised me to start.
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1. Study the following sentences.

RANIGANJ LIONS J.D.M.C. D.A.V PUBLIC SCHOOL, RANIGANJ.W.B.

CLASS : VII SUBJECT : ENGLISH : TOPIC: WORKSHEET ON REPORTED

NAME ROLL __DATE: 25.11.2020

1. Choose the correct option from those given below.

ii) He said to me, "I have been there".

iii) He said, “ I’m leaving for Delhi now.”

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