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Changes As Per Reporting Verb

The document discusses the rules for changing direct speech to indirect speech based on the type of sentence and tense of the reporting verb. It provides examples for changing assertive, interrogative, imperative, optative and exclamatory sentences from direct to indirect speech. The tense of the direct sentence changes to the appropriate past tense if the reporting verb is in the past tense. The direct sentence remains unchanged if the reporting verb is in the present or future tense.

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Changes As Per Reporting Verb

The document discusses the rules for changing direct speech to indirect speech based on the type of sentence and tense of the reporting verb. It provides examples for changing assertive, interrogative, imperative, optative and exclamatory sentences from direct to indirect speech. The tense of the direct sentence changes to the appropriate past tense if the reporting verb is in the past tense. The direct sentence remains unchanged if the reporting verb is in the present or future tense.

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Changes as per Reporting Verb

According to the reporting verb, changes are made in the direct sentence
or the sentence in inverted commas.

If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the direct sentence is
changed in its past tense.
The tense of direct speech remains unchanged when the reporting verb is
in the present or future tense.
If the direct sentence contains the universal truth, then it remains
unchanged in the Indirect Speech.

1. ASSERTIVE SENTENCE:

Direct and Indirect speech exercises for Tense


 

1. Heena said, “I walk.”

          Heena said that she walked.

2. Deepak said, “I am having tea.”

          Deepak said that he was having tea.

3. Ayesha said, “Honey has left for school.”

          Ayesha said that Honey had left for school.

4. Vidisha said, “Ananya took pasta.”


          Vidisha said that Ananya had taken pasta.

5.  They told, “We were living in Paris.”

           They told that they had been living in Paris.

6.  Ramesh said, “I will go to Sri Lanka.”

           Ramesh said that he would go to Sri Lanka.

7. Aishwarya Said, “They will be watering plants.”

          Aishwarya said that they would be watering plants.


2. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE:

Changes of Interrogative Sentences


 

The reporting verb said/said to is changed in asked, demanded, ordered, enquired as


per the nature of the sentence.
While a sentence starts with reporting verb then at the conversion time if /whether is
used as the joining clause.
In case the sentence starts from “Wh” question word, then no extra conjunction is used.

Direct and Indirect Speech Exercises for Interrogative Sentences

1. Ravi said, “What is Heena doing?”

          Ravi asked me what Heena was doing.

2. Esha said, “Will she come for lunch?”

          Esha asked if she would come for lunch.

3. The boy asked, “Where do you stay?”

          The boy inquired where I stayed

3. IMPERATIVE SENTENCE:
Direct Speech to Indirect Speech Conversion – Request, Command,
Wish, Exclamation

 Indirect Speech is supported by some verbs like requested, ordered,


suggested and advised. Forbid-forbade is used for negative
sentences. Therefore, the imperative mood in the direct speech
changes into the Infinitive in indirect speech.

1. She said to her ‘Please complete it’.


She requested her to complete it.
2. Hamid said to Ramid, ‘Sit down’.
Hamid ordered Ramid to sit down.

4. OPTATIVE SENTENCE:

5. EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE:
1. He said, "Alas ! I am undone !"

He cried out in sorrow that he was undone.


 
 
2. He said, "What a fool I am !".

He exclaimed with grief that he was a great fool.


 
 
3. He said, "Good-bye, my friends."

He bade his friends good-bye. (Or, He bade good-bye to his


friends).
 

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