Direct Indirect L3

Speech (Narration)
TARGET RJS/HJS
 Surya Prakash Sharma
❏ Bsc., MA in English & Pol. Science

❏ Teacher of English

❏ UPSC Aspirant

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 RULE 1
When we convert direct speech into indirect speech
we use ‘that’ after removing inverted commas.

RULE 2 Direct speech Indirect Speech

I He/She
You I
He/She/It He/She/It

For example
Rohan says, “I am doing work.”
 Direct speech Indirect Speech

RULE 3 I He/She
You I
Direct speech Indirect Speech He/She/It He/She/It
Says to Tells
Said to told

For example

Aishwarya says to me, “I will go to London for higher studies.”

 Direct speech Indirect Speech

RULE 4 I He/She
You I
When sentence is in Present tense, then He/She/It He/She/It
we never change the tense while
converting direct speech to indirect speech.

For example

She says to me, “I am a doctor.”

Direct Indirect Speech
John says, "I shall go there".

A. John said that he went there.

B. John says that he will go there.

C. John says that he went there.

D. John said that I will go there.

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 Direct speech Indirect Speech

RULE 5 I He/She
You I
When sentence is in Past tense but it is He/She/It He/She/It
universal truth, then also we never change
the tense.

For example

My teacher said to me, “The Earth revolves around the Sun”

Direct Indirect Speech
My father said to me, “Honesty is the best poilicy.”

A. My father said to me that honesty is the best policy.

B. My father told me that honesty was the best policy.

C. My father told me honesty is the best policy.

D. My father told me that honesty is the best policy.

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RULE 6 I He/She
You I
When sentence is in Past tense then we He/She/It He/She/It
always change the tense in indirect
speech.

For example

He said, “I am playing football in the stadium.”

 Direct speech Indirect Speech
Present Simple Past Simple
Present Continuous Past Continuous
Present Perfect Past Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous

For example
He said to me, “I eat pizza in restaurant.”
 Direct speech Indirect Speech
Past Simple Past Perfect
Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect No change
Past Perfect Continuous No change

For example
He said to me, “I watched the new movie.”
 Direct speech Indirect Speech
Will/shall Would/should
Can/may Could/might
Should No change
Must No change

For example
Anjali said to me, “You must obey your parents.”
Direct speech Indirect Speech
Now Then
Ago Before
Today That day
Tonight Thant night
Yesterday The previous day
Tomorrow The next day
Here there
Direct Indirect Speech
Sheela said, "I must go."

A. Sheela said that she must go.

B. Sheela said that I must go.

C. Sheela said that she need to go.

D. Sheela said that she must went.

Direct Indirect Speech
Rahul said to me, " I had gone through it."

A. Rahul told me that he have went through it.

B. Rahul told me that he have gone through it.

C. Rahul told me that he have gone through it.

D. Rahul told me that he had gone through it.

Direct Indirect Speech
Sweety said to me, "I had been writing an essay for 3 hours."

A. Sweety told me that she has been writing an essay for 3 hours.

B. Sweety told me that she had been writing an essay for 3 hours.

C. Sweety told me that she was writing an essay for 3 hours.

D. Sweety told me that she had written an essay for 3 hours.

Direct Indirect Speech
She said, "He was trying to help me".

A. She said that he tried to help her.

B. She said that he had been trying to help her.

C. She said that he has been trying to help her.

D. She said that he was trying to help her.

 Direct speech Indirect Speech

RULE 7 I He/She
You I
He/She/It He/She/It
When sentence is interrogative sentence,
then we don’t use ‘that’ in indirect speech.
Direct speech Indirect Speech
RULE 8 Says to/says Asks
Said to/ said asked

For example

He said, “Where are you ?”

 Direct speech Indirect Speech

RULE 9 I He/She
You I
When sentence is interrogative sentence, He/She/It He/She/It
then we change the interrogative sentence to
affirmative sentence.

For example

He said, “Will you help me in this work ?”

 Direct speech Indirect Speech

RULE 10 I He/She
You I
When sentence is interrogative sentence, He/She/It He/She/It
and we can answer in yes/no. Then we
us the two terms- ‘if’ and ‘whether’.

For example

He said, “Are you going to the exhibition?”

Direct Indirect Speech
Sahil said to me, “Do you have a LED TV ?"

A. Sahil asked me if I have a LED TV.

B. Sahil asked me have you a LED TV.

C. Sahil told me have you a LED TV.

D. Sahuil asked me if I had a LED TV.

Direct Indirect Speech
He said to us, "Are you going to market today?"

A. He asked us if we were going to market that day.

B. He asked us if you are going to market that day.

C. He asked us if we went to market that day.

D. He asked us if we had gone to market that day.

Direct Indirect Speech
I said to my brother, "What are you playing today ?"

A. I asked my brother what he will be playing that day.

B. I asked my brother what he was playing that day.

C. I asked my brother if he was playing that day.

D. I asked my brother what he would be playing that day.

Direct Indirect Speech
She said, "He was trying to help me".

A. She said that he tried to help her.

B. She said that he had been trying to help her.

C. She said that he has been trying to help her.

D. She said that he was trying to help her.

Direct Indirect Speech
He said, "I went to Rajasthan yesterday."

A. He told that he had gone to Rajasthan the day before.

B. He told that he has gone to Rajsthan the day before.

C. He told that he has went to Rajasthan the day before.

D. He told that he had went to Rajasthan the day before.

Direct Indirect Speech
Vritika said, "I can buy this watch.“

A. Vritika said that he can buy that watch.

B. Vritika said that he could buy that watch.

C. Vritika said that he was able to buy that watch.

D. Vritika said that he can be buy that watch.

Phrasal Verbs
Would you _______ my dog for me this weekend?

A. look

B. Look into

C. look after

D. look up
Phrasal Verbs
Could you _______ the music while I'm on the phone?

A. turn

B. Turn on

C. Turn off

D. turn around
IDIOM OF THE DAY
To hit the nail on the head

A. To hit the target

B. To catch someone napping

C. To guess right

D. To settle the old score

 Word of the day
Anti

 Antiseptic

 Antidote

 Antisocial

 Antioxidants
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