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1. REPORTED SPEECH
OR
INDIRECT SPEECH

2. WHAT IS REPORTED SPEECH
SPEECH?
It is the report of one speaker or
writer on the words spoken,
written, or thought by someone
else. It is also called reported
discourse.

3. There are some rules to
convert direct speech into
indirect speech :-

4. 1. CHANGE OF PERSON
1. To convert direct speech into indirect speech
we should use this formula:-
1 2 3
S O N
1 - Means first person
2 - Means second person
3 - Means third person
S - Means subject
O - Means object
N - Means no change

5. Person Nominate
case
Possessive
case
Possessive
case
Objectiv
case
1st person I my Mine Me
we Our Ours Us
2nd
person You Your Yours You
3rd
person He his his Him
She her hers Her
It Its It

6. EXAMPLES
◼ Convert direct speech into indirect speech.
1. He says to me,“I am your friend”.
Ans. He tells me that he is my friend.
2. She says to me‘ “I love my mother”.
Ans. She tells me that she loves her mother.

7. 2. CHANGE OF TENSES
Simple Present Simple Past
Present Continuous Past Continuous
Present Perfect Past Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous
Direct. Indirect

8. Simple Past Past Perfect
Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect No change of tense
Past Perfect Continuous No change

9. Shall / will / can / may Should/would/could/migh
t
Is / am / are Was / were
Have / has Had
Was / Were Had been
Had to Had had to

10. DIRECT SPEECH TO INDIRECT SPEECH
Direct
Speech
Reported
Speech
Direct
Speech
Reported
Speech
I He, she Me Him, her
we they us Them
you He,she,they you Him,her,them
My His, her Mine His,her

11. EXERCISE
1. He said,“ She wears a coat”.
2. He said,“I am going out”.
3. He said,“ I have finished”.
4. He said,“I will be there at 2pm”.
5. Raja said to Mohan,“Are you going home today?”
6. “Will you have dinner with me or not?” asked Shankar.

12. ANSWERS
1.He said that she wore a coat.
2. He said that he was going out.
3. He said that he had finished.
4. He said he would be there at 2pm.
5. Raja asked Mohan if he was going home that day.
6. Shankar asked whether I would have dinner with him or
not.

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