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    This document discusses direct and indirect speech, also known as narration. Direct speech reports the exact words of the speaker without changes. Indirect speech reports the general idea of what the speaker said by making necessary grammatical changes. A narration sentence has two parts - the reported verb which is outside the commas, and the reported speech which is inside the commas and contains the actual words spoken with any needed changes.

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    Master the aart of reported sppech. english.

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    REPORTED SPEECH

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    REPORTED SPEECH

    - BY HARSHVARDHHAN
    INTRODUCTION

    ❖ The act of reporting the words of a speaker is called narration.


    There are basically which the words of the speaker can be
    conveyed in writing.

    ❖ Reported speech is also known as Direct and Indirect speech.


    DIRECT SPEECH

    ❖ Direct Speech (Direct Narration) The reporting of the words of the


    speaker without making any changes to it is known as Direct
    Speech.

    ❖ For example – He said, “I have lost my book.”


    INDIRECT SPEECH

    ❖ Indirect Speech (Indirect Narration) The act of reporting the


    words of the speaker by making necessary changes to it is called
    Indirect Speech.

    ❖ For example - He said (that) he had lost his books.


    PARTS OF NARRATION SENTENCE

    ❖ A narration sentence have two parts, these are known as :

    i. Reported Verb
    ii. Reported Speech
    REPORTED SPEECH

    ❖ The part of the narration sentence which is in the inverted called


    reported speech.

    ❖Example – She says to him, “I am going to school.”


    REPORTED VERB

    ❖ The part of the sentence that is outside the commas is known as


    reported verb.

    ❖ Example – She says to him, “I am going to school.”


    THANK YOU !

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