Direct and Indirect Speech
ICSE · Class 7 · English Language-Grammar
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What is direct speech?
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Direct speech reproduces the exact words used by a speaker. The whole speech is placed within inverted commas.
What is indirect speech?
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Indirect speech conveys the meaning of a speech in the reporter's own words. No inverted commas are used.
What is reported speech?
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Reported speech is the quoted speech within inverted commas that follows the reporting verb. It is the actual speech being quoted in direct speech.
What is a reporting verb?
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The verb that introduces the reported speech is called the reporting verb. Common examples are said and told.
How are direct speech and indirect speech marked differently?
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Direct speech is always placed within inverted commas. Indirect speech uses no inverted commas.
When is that used in indirect speech?
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That is used as the conjunction when converting statements into indirect speech. It joins the reported speech to the rest of the sentence.
What happens to tense when the reporting verb is in present or future tense?
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If the reporting verb is present tense or future tense, the tense of the reported speech remains unchanged.
How does is/are/am change in indirect speech when the reporting verb is past tense?
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is/are/am changes to was/were in indirect speech when the reporting verb is past tense.
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