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Direct and Indirect Speech

ICSE · Class 10 · English Language - Archer

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Key Topics to Revise

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Understanding Direct and Indirect Speech

  • Direct speech reports the exact words spoken by someone, enclosed in quotation marks
  • Indirect speech reports what someone said without using their exact words
  • The speaker's exact words are called 'reported speech' and the verb introducing them is called 'reporting verb'
2

Tense Changes in Indirect Speech

  • If reporting verb is in present/future tense, no tense change occurs in reported speech
  • If reporting verb is in past tense, specific tense changes must be made
  • Simple present becomes simple past
3

Changes in Time and Place Expressions

  • Time and place words change to show different perspective in indirect speech
  • Today becomes 'that day', tomorrow becomes 'the next day'
  • Here becomes 'there', this becomes 'that'
4

Modal Verbs and Their Changes

  • Modal verbs change when converting to indirect speech with past reporting verb
  • Shall becomes 'would', will becomes 'would'
  • May becomes 'might', can becomes 'could'

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Direct speech reproduces the exact wordsIndirect speech reports what someone saidWhen the reporting verb isWords indicating time and place changeThe word 'said' can be replaced

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