This document discusses direct and indirect speech, specifically how to change assertive sentences from direct to indirect speech. It provides general rules for changing direct speech to indirect, including removing quotation marks and inserting "that", changing pronouns, changing verb tenses, and changing certain words like pronouns, adverbs of time and place. Examples are given to demonstrate these changes. The key points are summarized at the end.

1. DIRECT AND INDIRECT
SPEECH
Assertive Sentences

2. DIRECT AND INDIRECT
SPEECH
Assertive Sentences

3. She can ride a horse.
He is offering prayer.

4. Fawad takes his lunch.
He is scolding a boy.

5. .What thing is common in these sentences?
She can ride a horse.He is offering prayer.
Fawad takes his lunch.He is scolding a boy.
Which kind of sentences show statements?
These are Assertive Sentences.
STATEMENTS

6. Direct and Indirect Speech
Direct
And
Indirect Speech
General Rules
Examples
Exercise
Activities

7. Direct and Indirect Speech
Ali says, “ He is suffering from fever.”
Ali says that he is suffering from fever.
Remove “inverted commas” and insert “ that”

8. Direct and Indirect Speech
They said to me, “ We have finished our work.”
They told me that they had finished their work.
Change “Pronouns” of Reported Speech

9. Direct and Indirect Speech
He said, “ I brought some flowers for you.”
He said that he had brought some flowers for me.
Change the “Tense” of Reported Verb

10. Direct and Indirect Speech
Change “ Certain words”
She said to her children, “ I shall take you with me
tomorrow.”
She told her children that she would take her children with
her the next day.

11. Direct and Indirect Speech
He said, “ I shall bring my books with me when I come.”
He said that he would bring his books with him when he
come.
Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech.

12. Direct and Indirect Speech
“ I want my friend to come with me,” He said.
He said that he wanted his friend to come with him.
Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech.

13. Direct and Indirect Speech
I said to him, “ You are not as intelligent as your brother.”
I told him that he was not as intelligent as his brother.
Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech.

14. Direct and Indirect Speech
He said, “ Fishing is not an easy job.”
He said that fishing was not an easy job.
Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech.

15. Direct and Indirect Speech
I said to him, “ These clothes are too long.”
I told him that those clothes were too long.
Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech.

16. Direct and Indirect Speech
MAIN POINTS
Remove “inverted commas” insert “ that”
Change “Pronouns”
Change the “Tense”
Change “ Certain words”
Practice

17. Direct and Indirect Speech
He says to me, “ You can sing well.”
Activities True / False
He says to me that I can sing well.
He tells me that I could sing well.

18. Direct and Indirect Speech
If the reporting verb is in the past tense the
following words will change into …..
Activities Questions
Yesterday
Past Indefinite
Now
Ago
Pronouns of 2nd person
The previous day
Past Perfect
Then
Before
object

19. Direct and Indirect Speech
Farah said to her father, “ I won the
fishing competition today.”
Activities True / False
Farah told her father that I won the
fishing competition that day.
Farah told her father that she had won
the fishing competition that day.

20. Direct and Indirect Speech
I said to Owais, “ You are my best friend.”
Activities True / False
I told Owais that he was my best
friend.
I told Owais that I was his best
friend.

21. In the next video lesson we shall discuss
Direct and Indirect of Interrogative
Sentences.
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22. DIRECT AND INDIRECT
SPEECH
Assertive Sentences