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• Direct speech: Do you want to come with me? • Reported speech: She asked me if I wanted to come with her. • Direct speech: Where did you go last weekend? • Reported speech: Dave asked me where I had gone the previous weekend. • Direct speech: Why are you studying English? • Reported speech: She asked me why I was studying English. • I'm working in Dallas today. / He said he _____ (work) in Dallas that day. • I think he will win the election. / She said she _____ (think) he _____ (win) the election. • Anna lives in London. / Peter says Anna _____ (live) in London. • My father is going to visit us next week. / Frank said his father ______ (visit) them the following week. • They bought a brand new Mercedes! / She said they _____ (buy) a brand new Mercedes. • I have worked at the company since 1997. / She said she _____ (work) at the company since 1997. • They are watching TV at the moment. / She said they _____ (watch) TV at that moment. • Francis drives to work every day. / He said Francis _____ (drive) to work every day. • Alan thought about changing his job last year. / Alan said that he _____ (thought) about changing his job the previous year. • Susan is flying to Chicago tomorrow. / Susan said she _____ (fly) to Chicago the next day. • George went to the hospital last night. / Peter said that George _____ (go) to the hospital the preceding night. • I enjoy playing golf on Saturdays. / Ken says that he _____ (enjoy) playing golf on Saturdays. • I will change jobs soon. ...

reporting clause first reported clause reporting clause second Jimmy said, ‘Let me have a look.’ Then the child asked, ‘Are there any toys?’ ‘Hand it over at once!’ he demanded. ‘I believe that too,’ she added. The reporting clause may sometimes come in the middle of the reported clause, especially in literary styles: “No,” she said, “I’ve never seen it before.” ‘Was it,’ he asked, ‘the first time you had spoken to Mrs Dalton?’ We can use adverbs with the reporting verb to describe the way someone said something. This is more common when the reporting clause comes second: “I will not accept it!” he said angrily. ‘Can I speak to the doctor?’ she asked rather nervously. Direct speech: inversion of subject and reporting verb In narratives, especially novels and short stories, when the reporting clause comes second, we often invert the subject (s) and reporting verb (v): “Things have always been the same in this village,” [V] said [S] the old man. ‘Hold on! I’m coming!’ [V] cried [S] Maurice. Informal narratives In informal conversation, we sometimes use the present simple in the reporting clause. This makes the direct speech more vivid and dramatic: So then this guy says, “I’ve got something for you. Come over here.” And he picked up a box and he says, “Open that.” We can make the direct speech even more vivid and dramatic by using the present continuous. This is very informal: And he’s looking at me and he ’s asking, “Who are you?” and I said, “I’m your nephew” and he ’s mum...

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Reported Statements When do we use reported speech? Sometimes someone says a sentence, for example "I'm going to the cinema tonight". Later, maybe we want to tell someone else what the first person said. Watch my reported speech video: Here's how it works: We use a 'reporting verb' like 'say' or 'tell'. ( • Direct speech: I like ice cream. • Reported speech: She says (that) she likes ice cream. We don't need to change the tense, though probably we do need to change the 'person' from 'I' to 'she', for example. We also may need to change words like 'my' and 'your'. (As I'm sure you know, often, we can choose if we want to use 'that' or not in English. I've put it in brackets () to show that it's optional. It's exactly the same if you use 'that' or if you don't use 'that'.) But, if the reporting verb is in the past tense, then usually we change the tenses in the reported speech: • Direct speech: I like ice cream. • Reported speech: She said (that) she liked ice cream. Tense Direct Speech Reported Speech present simple I like ice cream She said (that) she liked ice cream. present continuous I am living in London She said (that) she was living in London. past simple I bought a car She said (that) she had bought a car OR She said (that) she bought a car. past continuous I was walking along the street She said (that) she had been walking along the street. present perfect I haven't seen Julie She said (that) she hadn't seen Julie. past perfect* I had taken English lessons before S...

Hint: Reported Speech is written in the past tense. They do not make use of quotation marks. Complete step-by-step answer: Direct speech is the direct quotation of a quote. It reports the words exactly as they have been spoken. This kind of speech is always found within inverted commas. Quotes that are reported indirect speech are the exact reproduction of the words as they have been spoken. Reported speech is also known as indirect speech. It is the opposite of direct speech. It is the indirect quotation of a quote. It reports the words in a manner that is indirect. This kind of speech is not found within inverted commas. Quotes that are reported are a form of hearsay based on what has happened. Here are some tips to remember while converting direct speech into reported speech. 1)The inverted commas are removed from the sentence. 2)The comma that precedes the reported speech is replaced by the word ‘that’. 3)Reported speech is always framed in the past tense. 4)The type of tense remains the same in the past tense as well. E.g. Simple Present Tense changes into Simple Past Tense Now let us consider our question- My mother said to me, “ Did you break the slate?” Following the rules given above, this sentence will change as per the following: My mother asked me if I broke the slate. Note: Remember to follow all the rules of changing direct speech into reported speech to get the most accurate answer.

In this section, We are going to see How the conversion of Direct to Indirect Speech and Indirect to Direct Speech is done? We may report the words of a speaker in two ways. 1. Direct Speech We may quote the actual words of the speaker. This method is called Direct Speech. 2. Indirect Speech We may report what he said without quoting his exact words. This method is called Indirect Speech or Reported Speech. Example: • Direct: Clinton said, “I am very busy now." • Indirect: Clinton said that he was very busy then. • Direct : He said, “ my mother is writing letter." • Indirect: He said that his mother was writing letter. How to change Direct to Indirect Speech? It will be noticed that in Direct Speech, we use inverted commas to mark off the exact words of the speaker. In Indirect Speech we do not use the inverted commas. It will be further noticed that in changing the above Direct Speech into Indirect speech, certain changes have been made. Thus: i. We have used the conjunction ‘that’ before the Indirect Statement. ii. The pronoun “I" is changed to “HE". (The Pronoun is changed in Person) iii. The verb “am" is changed to “was". iv. The adverb “now" is changed to “then". Rules for changing Direct into Indirect Speech: A. When the reporting or principal verb is in the Past Tense, all the Present Tenses in the Direct Speech are changed into Past Tense. a. A simple present tense becomes simple past tense. Example: • Direct : He said, “I am unwell." • Indirect: He said that he wa...