INDIRECT SPEECH

(I) (Manu Meena) (Inverted Commas)

(Direct Speech) Manu Meena Direct Speech
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Manu said to Meena, “Where are you going now” ?
Meena said to Manu, “I am going to my school”.
’Mansi’
Manu asked Meena where she was going then.
Meena answered him that she was going to her school.
Manu Meena
(Indirect Speech)
(II)
Manu said “ I am going to my home.”

(Reporter) (Reporting Verb) (Reported Speech)

Reporter Manu)
Reporting Verb
’Said’ ‘Reporting Verb’ Reported Speech
(III) Direct Speech Indirect Speech
(1) Reporting Verb
(2) Inverted Commas
(3) Conjunction
(4) Personal Pronouns
(5) Tense
(6)
Direct Speech Indirect Speech table
[(i) Reporting Verb, (ii) Conjunction)]
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Kinds of Reporting Verb Conjunction Other Changes

Sentences

Assertive told that (3)

Sentences (4)
(5)
(6)

Interrogative asked, Who/Whom/Why/How (3)

sentence inquired of, (4)
interrogated (5)
(6)
if / whether
Imperative to + verb (3)
sentence ordered (4) to +
commanded (5)
requested
advised
suggested
asked

proposed (let’s

Exclamatory Exclaimed with + that (3)

sentence (2)
+ joy (5)

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 + sorrow (6)
+ surprise
+ anger
(4)
I, we, me, my, mine, myself, us, our, ours, ourselves

(1) Meena said to Manu, “I do my work myself”.

Meena told Manu that she did her work herself.
(I → she; my → her; myself → herself)
you, your, yours, yourself, yourselves

Meena said to Manu, “You can do your work yourself”.

Meena told Manu that he could do his work himself.
(You → he; your → his, yourself → himself)
he, she, it, they, his, him, himself, her, hers, herself, its, itself, their, theirs,
them, themselves
Meena said to me, “Does he do his work himself? “
Meena asked me if he did his work himself.
(he →he; his → his; himself → himself)
(5) (Tense)
(i) Reporting Verb (say / says) (shall say, will say)
reported verb
(1) Guddi says to Vaibhav, “I am going to my school now” (Direct speech)
Guddi tells Vaibhav that she is going to her school now.
(2) Aniket will say to you, “I shall do my home work tomorrow”. (Direct speech)
Aniket will tell you that he will do his home work tomorrow.
(ii)
Mr. Shah said to me, “The sun rises in the east and sets in the west”.
Mr. Shah told me that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
(iii) Reporting Verb (said / asked Reported Speech

DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH

Simple Present Simple Past
write, goes wrote, went
am, is, are was, were
have, has had
do, does did
Purva said to Rohan, “I write my home work today”.
Purva told Rohan that she wrote her home work that day.
Continuous Present Continuous Past

(am / is / are + + ing) (was / were + + ing)

Rohan said to Tanvi, “Are you playing with me” ?
Rohan asked Tanvi if she was playing with him.
Perfect Present Perfect Past

(have / has + P.P.) (had + P.P.)

I said to Meena, “Why have you bought so many flowers” ?
I asked Meena why she had bought so many flowers.
Simple Past Perfect past

Manushi said to Sudatt, “I played at my best but did not win the match”
Manushi told Sudatt that she had played at her best but (had) not won the match.

shall  would may  might

will  would must  had to / must
can  could had to  had had to
should  should / would ought to  ought to

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 (i) Pankaj said to Raksha, “I shall go to Anand tomorrow”.
Pankaj told Raksha that he would go to Anand the next day.
(ii) “Meena, can you play tennis with me ?” asked Laxman.
Lakman asked Meena if she could play tennis with him.
Indirect Speech
Direct Speech to + + ing Past Participle Indirect Speech

(1) Mr. Kapadia said to Rekha, “I want to eat a lemonpie today”.

Mr. Kapadia told Rekha that he wanted to eat a lemon pie that day.
(2) Mr. Raval said to Ashobhai, “I am going now as I have finished my work”.
Mr. Raval told Ashokbhai that he was going then as he had finished his work.
(3) Meena said to Manu, “I have seen this movie”.
Meena told Manu that she had seen that movie.
(6)
DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH
this → that
these → those
here → there
today → that day
yesterday → the previous day/ the day before
tomorrow → the next day /the day after
tonight → that night
last year → the previous year
the next year → the following year
just / yet / still → then
now → then
just now → then, at that time
ago → before
thus → so
hence → thence
so far → till that time
such → that
come → come, go

[1] ASSERTIVE SENTENCE

(1) Meena said to Manu, “I shall come to your house to borrow your book tomorrow”.
Meena told Manu that she would go to his house to borrow his book the next day.

Direct speech Reporting verb ‘said’

‘said to’ told
reporting verb replied, informed, remarked, answered told

conjunction

[2] INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE

(1) I said to Madhuri, “What is the news ?”

I asked Madhuri what the news was.

Direct speech Indirect Speech

Direct Speech Reporting verb ‘said’

’said to’ asked
inquired of
asked interrogated questioned
IMP : ’wh’ ‘if’

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 ’Wh’ ’How’ Question word,
Indirect Speech
indirect Speech ’if’ ’whether’

(1) “May I go out, sir ?” said the boy to the teacher.

The boy politely asked the teacher if he might go out.
(2) “Do you come from Mumbai ?” said he to me.
He inquired of me whether I cam from Mumbai.
’yes’ ’no’ Indirect
’if’ ’whether’
to be (am, is, are, was, were) to have (have, has, had) to do
(do, does, did) (can, could, may, might, Should, would, must, shall, will, ought to)
Indirect Speech
’if / whether’
Indirect

[3] IMPERATIVE SENTENCE :

(1) “Don’t sit here”, said the watch man to the boys.
The watch man ordered the boys not to site there.
(2) The Police Inspector said to the police constable, “Shoot the criminal now”.
The Police Inspector commanded the police constable to shoot the criminal then.
(3) ‘Please, give me your vehicle for a day” said Madhuri to Mohan.
Madhuri requested Mohan to give her his vehicle for a day.
(4) The doctor said to me, “Stop smoking if you want to live more”.
The doctor advised me to stop smoking if I wanted to live more.
(5) “Leave one line blank after each of the answers”, said our teacher to us.
Our teacher instructed us to leave one line blank after each of the answers.
(6) “Select this pen, “said Chiral to Sejal.
Chiral suggested Sejal to select that pen.
(7) The Principal said to the students, “Don’t miss any period otherwise punishment will be given”

The Principal warned the students not to miss any period otherwise punishment would be given.
(8) The robber said to the passengers “Give me what you have in your pursue or I will kill you”
The robber threatened the passengers to give him what they had in their purses or he would kill them.
(9) Mr. Shah said to Mr. Patel, “Park your vehicle here”.
Mr. Shah asked Mr. Patel to park his vehicle there.

reporting verb reporting verb

Reporting verb
to +
not + to +
”do”

[4] EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE :

1.“What a beautiful picture it is !” said Mr. Shah.
Mr. Shah exclaimed (with surprise) that it was a very beautiful picture.
2. “How tall she is” ! I said. ANS. I exclaimed with surprise that she was very tall.
3. “Hurrah ! We won the match,” said Dravid. Dravid exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
4. “Oh dear ! I have lost my purse”, said Meena.
Meena exclaimed sorrowfully that she had lost her purse.
5. “My goodness ! I have failed,” said Shabbir. ANS. Shabbir sighed and said that he had failed.
”What” ”How” Indirect
Speech
very / really / greatly / indeed

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 Reporting verb exclaimed / exclaimed with joy,
sorrow, surprise, anger
exclaimed with Noun exclaimed with Adverb
exclaimed with joy exclaimed joyfully
”that”

Exclamations In reported speech

Hurrah ! exclaimed with joy.

Alas ! exclaimed with sorrow
Oh ! Ah ! exclaimed with sorrow / surprise
Oh dear ! exclaimed sorrowfully / bitterly
My goodness ! sighed and said
Bravo ! praised
Indirect Speech
Direct Speech Indirect Speech
* All right, O.K. Certainly, well agreed
* Yes answered affirmatively
No answered negatively
* Yes agreed
No disagreed
* Good morning wished good morning to
indirect

Mr. Shah said to Meena, “Where are you going” ? Meena said, “To my friend’s house”
Mr. Shah asked Meena where she was going. Meena answered that she was going to her friend’s house.
Sentences with ‘let’
“Let’s attend the lecture, “said he to me.
He proposed me to attend the lecture, (OR)
He proposed to me that we should attend the lecture.
Let’s (Let us) indirect speech
Proposed to suggested
+ proposed + + that + + should +
(1) ‘Let the girl solve her own problem, “said Mr. Shah to me.
Mr. Shah told (asked) me to let the girl solve her own problem.
(2) “Let me take your pen, father, “said Vaibhav.
Vaibhav requested his father to let him take his pen.
let let the girl, him, her, it, them)
Indirect Speech told asked reporting verb

Let to + let Let

me Reporting verb ‘requested’
Let + him / her / it / ’told / asked’
Let + me ………… ’requested’

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