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REPORTED SPEECH

Objectives:
Children will be able to
➢ form statements in indirect speech.

➢ Recognize the difference between direct and indirect speech.

➢ Define direct and indirect speech.

➢ Complete assignment
What is Narration?
Reporting the words of a speaker is called narration.

Two main ways of reporting the words of a speaker


direct speech or indirect speech(Reported Speech)
What is a direct speech?
The actual words of the speaker are quoted without any
change.
The exact words of the speaker are enclosed in inverted
commas or quotation marks “ “
Let us see some examples:
E.g. I am
studying
What are you
NITIN
doing Ali?

If NITIN has to report what actually ALI said

ALI
Direct speech: Ali said, “I am studying”

RV

said – Reporting verb


E.g. I am
wearing a
pink skirt. Which color
skirt are you
wearing? Naveen

If Naveen wants to report what exactly Tina said

Tina
Tina said, “I am wearing a pink skirt.”
Direct speech:
E.g.
Direct speech: Ali said, “ I am studying”

Indirect speech: Ali said that he was studying

What are the changes you can identify?

➢ Removal of “ “ quotes or inverted commas


➢ Change of tense (present tense became past tense)
➢ Use of conjunction ‘that’
Change of tense

This will happen when reporting verb is in past form and the reported speech is not a
universal truth or habit. It will happen in the following way
PRESENT TENSE
SIMPLE PRESENT will be converted into SIMPLE PAST
Eg. I drink coffee in the morning. (simple present)
I drank coffee in the morning. (simple past)

PRESENT CONTINOUS will be converted to PAST CONTINUOUS


Eg. Caran is getting ready for her online class. (present continuous)
Caran was getting ready for her online class. (past continuous)
Change in the words denoting time

Words indicating nearness are changed into words showing distances in indirect speech.
UPDATE TIME SPECIFIC WORDS

here there
tomorrow the next day
today that day
yesterday the previous day
this that
now then
tonight that night
If the direct speech expresses a historical fact, a universal truth or a habitual fact.
Tense of the direct speech will not change:
Direct : He said, “Honesty is the best policy.”
Indirect : He said that honesty is the best policy.
Direct : He said, “The sun rises in the east.”
Indirect : He said that the sun rises in the east.
Direct : Liz said, “I am an early riser.”
Indirect : Liz said that she is an early riser.
Direct : She said, “God is omnipresent.”
Indirect : She said that God is omnipresent.
Direct : The teacher said, “The First World War started in 1914.”
Indirect : The teacher said that the First World War started in 1914.
Solved exercise 1

Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.


Questions Answers
1. Aidan said, ‘I love this city.’ 1. Aidan said that he loved that city.
2. “Be nice to others”, Priya said. 2. Priya told me to be nice to others.

3. She said, “everyone loves her.” 3. She said that everyone loved her.

4. Nash said, “He works in a bank.” 4. Nash said he worked in a bank.


5. Rivka said, ‘I don’t have a laptop.” 5. Rivka said that she didn’t have a laptop.

6. “We don’t travel much”, he said. 6. He said that they didn’t travel much.
7. He said, “we like working in London.” 7. He said that they liked working in London.
Solved exercise 2

Rewrite the sentences into direct speech from indirect speech.


Questions Answers

1. Miara said that she wrote a letter. 1. Miara said, “I write a letter.”
2. The teacher said that the Sun rises in the East. 2. The teacher said, “The Sun rises in the East.”
3. He said that he had been reading a novel. 3. He said, “I have been reading a novel.”
4. He ordered her to be careful. 4. “Be careful”, he said to her.
5. He asked where she was going. 5. He said, “Where is she going?”
Assignment
Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech:
1. The Principal said to the peon, “Let this boy go out.”
2. He said to me, “Please take your book.”
3. She said, “Where is your father?”
4. She said, “Mahesh will be reading a book.”
5. Ramesh says, “I have written a letter.”
6. He says, “Honesty is the best policy.”
7. He said, “I will do it now.”
8. He said to me, “May you live long!”
9. She said, “Goodbye friends!”
10. The students said, “Alas! I wasted my time last year.”

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