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Direct and Indirect Speech

The document discusses direct and indirect speech, including how to change direct speech into indirect speech by removing quotation marks, changing verb tenses and pronouns, and modifying time and place adverbs. Direct speech reports exact words while indirect speech reports the general idea without exact words. The document provides examples of changing direct speech statements, questions and commands into indirect speech.

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Direct and Indirect Speech

The document discusses direct and indirect speech, including how to change direct speech into indirect speech by removing quotation marks, changing verb tenses and pronouns, and modifying time and place adverbs. Direct speech reports exact words while indirect speech reports the general idea without exact words. The document provides examples of changing direct speech statements, questions and commands into indirect speech.

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English for Informatics 2 1

DIRECT AND INDIRECT


SPEECH
Atiqah Nurul Asri
Direct Speech
2

 Direct speech:
 the actual spoken words by somebody else are

written as they are


 be placed within a pair of quotation marks

“…”

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Direct Speech
I really want to
3 study abroad.

Susanna said, “I really want to study abroad.”

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Indirect Speech
4

Indirect speech/reported speech


is used to talk about what someone said.

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Indirect Speech
I want a
5 divorce
now

Bill Mary Tina Susan


Mary and Bill were arguing. Tina heard Mary said to
Bill, “I want a divorce now.”, and then she (Tina) told
her friend, Susan, what Mary had said, not in her own
words but in an indirect way, i.e. she reported Mary’s
words.
Mary told Bill that she wanted a divorce then.

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Direct Speech  Indirect Speech
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A. Statement
B. Question
C. Command

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STATEMENT

Mary said, “I want a divorce now.”


 Mary told Bill that she wanted a divorce then.

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STATEMENT

The teacher said to me, “The students will take


their test tomorrow.”

The teacher told me that they would take their


test the next day.

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Direct Speech  Indirect Speech
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STATEMENT

Bob said, “Mary played golf at Araya last week.”

Bob told Bryan that Mary had played golf the


week before.

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STATEMENT

1) Take away the quotation marks.


2) Change the tense.
3) Change the personal pronouns.
4) Change the adverb of time and places.

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Changes of Tenses
11
Direct Indirect

 is/am/are  was/were,
 V1  V2

 was/were,  had been,

 V2  had+V3

 has/have been,  had been,

 has/have+V3.  had+V3

 will  would

 can  could

 must  had to

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Changes of Personal Pronouns
12
Direct Indirect
 I/you  he/she
 me/you  him/her

 my/your  his/her

 mine/yours  his/hers

 we/you  They

 us/you  Them

 our/your  Their

 ours/yours  theirs

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Changes of Adverb of Time & Place
13 DIRECT INDIRECT
 Now
 Then
 Tomorrow
 The Following Day
 Next Week
 The Following Week
 Tonight
 That Night
 Today
 That Day
 Yesterday
 The Day Before
 Last Night
 The Night Before
 Last Week
 The Week Before
 Here
 There
 This
 That
 These
 Those

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QUESTION

The reporter asked the actress, “How many


awards have you got tonight?”

 The reporter asked the actress how many


awards she had got that night.

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QUESTION

The reporter asked the actress, “What do


you want to say to your fans at home?”

 The reporter asked the actress what she


wanted to say to her fans at home.

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QUESTION

Tony asked Ray, “Did you study last


night?”

 Tony wanted to know if Ray had studied


the night before.

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QUESTION

1) Take away the quotation marks.


2) End the sentence with a full stop (.).
3) Change the sentence order.
4) Change the tense.
5) Change the personal pronouns.
6) Change the adverb of time and places.
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COMMAND

The man said, “Grab my hand!”

 The man asked the little boy to


grab his hand.

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COMMAND

The man shouted angrily, “Don’t be so


noisy!”

 The man asked us not to be noisy.

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COMMAND

1) Take away the quotation marks.


2) End the sentence with a full stop (.).
3) Change the verb into to+V1 or not to+V1.
4) Change the personal pronouns.
5) Change the adverb of time and places.

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