INDIRECT SPEECH

1. What is it?
a. Telling someone what you heard, reported speech
b. We don’t use punctuation.
c. Change – tenses (present to past), we add ‘that’, change
the pronouns.

2. Where?
a. Reporting the news, Summarizing something that
happened in real life, Reporting incidents, movies and
reviews, songs, poems, comics (direct speech), courts,
debates, elections, stories

3. TENSES
a. Present continuous and simple present

4. HOW?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHzsmf2vgws

RULES – Observe the sentence below / Exceptions

Present Tense
DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH Rules/Exception
She said, “ I work in a hospital.” She said that she worked in a a. Remove punctuations.
hospital. b. Add ‘that’
c. Change the pronouns
d. Change the tense – present to
past.
They said, “We play football.” They said that they played a. Remove punctuations.
football. b. Add ‘that’
c. Change the pronouns
d. Change the tense – present to
past.
He said, “ I love my parents.” He said that he loved his parents. a. Remove punctuations.
b. Add ‘that’
c. Change the pronouns
d. Change the tense – present to
past.
Raju said to her.” I go to Raju told her that he went to a. Remove punctuations.
college.” college. b. Change ‘said to’ – ‘told’
c. Add ‘that’
d. Change the pronouns
e. Change the tense – present to
past.
Raju says, “ I am a student.” Raju says that he is a student. a. Remove punctuations.
b. Present - Says (no change)
c. Add ‘that’
 d. Change the pronouns
e. Keep the tense – present to
present.
Teacher said, “ The earth Teacher said that the earth a. Remove punctuations.
revolves the sun.” revolves the sun. b. Add ‘that’
c. Keep the tense – present to
present because it’s a universal
truth. (something that will
never change).
He said,” I comb my hair He said that he combs his hair a. Remove punctuations.
regularly.” regularly. b. Add ‘that’
c. Keep the tense – present to
present when you talk about a
habits.