Indirect or reported speech requires that we change pronouns, verb tenses, and time or place expressions in order to report what someone has said.
- His daughter told him that those were his socks.
- She said she kept her opinions gently in that great occasion.
- The actress said to him that he had to work consistently for his success.
- He told me that he had not taken my mobile that day.
- They said to us that they were launching a new program in our town.
- I said to him that that was not his business.
- Rajesh said to Karisma that he could not spend her money then.
What is indirect speech?
Indirect or reported speech happens when we retell what someone has said in our own words. That means that, rather than repeating things exactly as they were said, we make some changes. Some examples of those changes are:
- Verb tenses change into their past form.
- Pronouns change according to who said what to whom.
- Time and place expressions change to indicate that the actions took place in the past.
Let's take sentence 4 as an example. Notice the changes that must be done to rewrite it in indirect speech:
- Your --> my (because he said it to me, so he was talking about my phone)
Thus:
- Direct speech: He said to me, "I have not taken your mobile today."
- Indirect speech: He told me that he had not taken my mobile that day.
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