What is the time change into indirect speech?
Changing time and place references
Phrase in direct speech | Equivalent in reported speech |
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The day after tomorrow | in two days time/ two days later |
“We’ll come the day after tomorrow”, they said. | They said that they would come in two days time/ two days later. |
Next week/month/year | the following week/month/year |
How do you convert direct to indirect speech?
Rules for conversion of Indirect Speech to Direct Speech
- Use the reporting verb, “say” or “said to” in its correct tense.
- Remove the conjuctions “that, to, if or whether etc”.
- Insert quotation marks, question mark, exclamation and fullstop, wherever necessary.
- Put a comma before the statement.
How do you change WH to indirect speech?
When we report a Wh-question, we use a reporting verb like asked or enquired….Change the following direct speech into indirect speech.
- ‘What do you want?
- He said, ‘How’s your mother.
- He enquired, ‘When do you intend to pay me?
- ‘Do you really come from China?
What are the rules of direct and indirect?
Changes as per Tense
Direct Speech | Indirect Speech |
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Present simple (Subject +V1st + Object) | Past simple (Subject +V2 + Object) |
Present continuous (Subject +is/am/are+V1 +ing+ Object) | Past Continuous (Subject +was/were+V1 +ing+ Object) |
Present perfect (Subject + has/have+V3+Object) | Past perfect (Subject+had+V3+Object) |
What is indirect speech examples?
Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person’s actual words: for example, ‘They said you didn’t like it’, ‘I asked her what her plans were’, and ‘ Citizens complained about the smoke’.
What do indirect speeches want?
The given sentence is in direct speech. Direct Speech : “What do you want?” he said to her. The given sentence, correctly converted to indirect speech, is : Indirect Speech : He asked her what she wanted.
What is the indirect sentence?
What is the example of direct and indirect speech?
Examples of Direct Speech Converted to Indirect Speech
Direct Speech | Indirect Speech |
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She said, “I have been waiting for him since last morning.” | She said that she had been waiting for him since last morning. |
She said, “I bought a book.” | She said that she had bought a book. |