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How to change a question from direct to indirect speech?​

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There are two ways of reporting what someone has spoken:

a) When the exact words spoken by a person are used , it is called direct speech.

b) When the words spoken by a person are put in our own words , it is called indirect speech.

For example:

Suppose your friend told you that you have a good handwriting. You want to convey this to your parents.You can do it in either of these two ways :

  • My friend said to me, "You have a good handwriting. (Direct speech)

  • My friend told me that I had a good handwriting.(indirect speech)

❒ Related information :

  • The exact words of the speaker, written within Quotation marks or Inverted commas (“ ”) is called Reported speech.

  • The verb that introduces the Reported speech is called a Reporting verb

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❍ How verbs change in reported speech?


\boxed{\boxed {\begin{array}c \sf{\bf{\underline{Direct \: Speech}}}&\sf{\bf{\underline{Indirect \: Speech}}} \\ \\ \sf{Simple \: present} & \sf{Simple \: past} \\ \\ \sf{Present \: continuous }& \sf{Past \: continuous} \\ \\ \sf{Present \: perfect}& \sf{Past \: Perfect} \\ \\ \sf{Present \: perfect \: continuous }&\sf{Past \: Perfect \: continuous} \\ \\ \sf{Simple \: past}&\sf{Past \: perfect} \\ \\ \sf{Past \: \: perfect }&\sf{Past \: Perfect } \end{array}}}

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