Direct And Indirect Speech
Direct And Indirect Speech Direct Speech A kind of sentence structure in which we report people’s exact words is called ‘direct speech’. These words are placed between inverted commas. Examples: Majed said, "I want to work hard.” He said, "I am happy.” Indirect Speech A kind of sentence structure in which we make people’s words a part of our own sentence by using conjunctions (e.g. that), and changing sentences, pronouns, and other words where necessary. There are no inverted commas in indirect speech. Examples: Majed said that she wanted to work hard. He said that he was happy . Rule for conversion of Direct speech to indirect speech In order to change a sentence from direct speech to indirect speech, we apply some general rules. These rules involve: Changing of tenses Changing of pronouns Change of expressions of time and space The comma and the inverted commas are omitted The conjunction ‘that’ is gene...