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How do you change a sentence into an indirect?
Procedure of changing direct speech into indirect speech
- Remove comma and inverted commas.
- Put “that” between the reporting and reported speeches.(it is optional to put “that” between the reporting and reported speech)
- Change the 1st letter of reported speech into small letter except for “I”
How did he get it change this sentence into indirect speech?
Direct Speech : “How did he get it? “,he asked. Indirect Speech : He inquired how had he got it .
How do you convert a sentence into reported speech?
Direct to Reported Speech For Present Tense To convert direct speech to reported speech, we must change all the present tenses in the direct speech to the corresponding past tenses in the reported speech. Example: Fiona said, “You are late.” – Fiona said that I was late.
How do you change an indirect speech to a following?
Here the reporting verb (said) is in the past tense. To change this sentence into indirect speech, we have to change the present tense(s) inside the quotation marks into their corresponding past tenses.
What are the 10 examples of direct and indirect speech?
100 Examples of Direct and Indirect Speech
| 1 | Direct | She says, “I am ill.” |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Direct | I need help with my work. |
| Indirect | George said “I need help with my homework.” | |
| 11 | Direct | I was walking along the Street. |
| Indirect | He said he had been walking along the Street. |
How do you explain direct and indirect speech?
In direct speech, the actual words spoken by a person (with no change in them) are conveyed to another person. In indirect speech, the actual words spoken by a person are slightly changed while conveying them to another person. For instance, the verb and pronouns are changed.
Do you know the way home Asked I change into indirect speech?
Answer: Indirect Speech: I asked if he didn’t know the way home.
What did you bring He asked all change into reported speech?
Answer: He asked them all what they had brought.
What is reported speech 5 examples?
She said (that) she was living in London. She said (that) she had bought a car OR She said (that) she bought a car. She said (that) she had been walking along the street. She said (that) she hadn’t seen Julie.
What are the 20 examples of reported speech?
20 Reported Speech Example Sentences
- He said that he was living in Paris.
- She said she had taken Spanish lessons before.
- She says the exam is very difficult.
- Mary said, “My husband went with me to the show yesterday.”
- He said he had gone to London the week before.
- He said he could swim when he was four.
How can I learn indirect speech?
Tips on Direct & 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 ‘I’ is changed to ‘she’. (
- The verb ‘am’ is changed to ‘was’. (
- The adverb ‘now’ is changed to ‘then’.
How do you change direct speech to indirect speech and vice versa?
While converting direct speech to indirect speech, words that indicate nearness in time or place are replaced by words that express distance. Example: Here becomes There; Now becomes Then; Yesterday becomes The day before, etc. He said, “I am happy to be here.” – He said that he was happy to be there.