Narration: Direct and Indirect speech | Change direct speech into indirect speech | rules & tricks 💯

Hey, learners!
This lesson will help you master direct and indirect speech in English.
Direct and Indirect speech
There are two ways to narrate what someone said:
Direct speech
Indirect Speech
Direct speech: It is a way to narrate what someone said using the speaker’s exact words. The reported speech (the speaker’s words) is placed in quotation marks and is offset using a comma.
Indirect speech: it is a way to narrate what someone said but not using the speaker’s exact words. Unlike a direct speech, it is not placed in quotation marks and separated by a comma.
Direct speech: Sandhya said to me, “I love talking to you.”
Indirect speech: Sandhya told me that she loved talking to me.
Note: ‘That’ in the indirect speech can be eliminated too. The sentence is still correct without it.
Indirect speech: Sandhya told me she loved talking to me.
Changing the tense of the reported speech in indirect speech is called backshifting.
In the above example, when we are reporting the speaker’s words in indirect speech, we backshift the time(tense) of the action to further back. It is done as the speaker’s words might not fall true or relevant at the time of narrating it to someone.
But when you are narrating the speaker’s words right after it is being said, you don’t need to backshift the tense.
Let’s suppose we were at a party. Sandhya and I were exchanging words. You were right there too. She said, “I love talking to you.” You didn’t hear it. You ask me, “What did she say to you?”
I tell you that she said that she loves talking to me. It is fairly unlikely for her to change her mind in just a few seconds. ;)
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Sir , In newspapers I have read this type of sentences many times: 1)The Govt. will not issue a red alert ,officials said. 2)Out of the five people ,one is a foreign returnee, a health official said. **If these are indirects then verbs of the reported speeches should be changed accordingly but if these are direct then reported speeches should be enclosed within inverted commas. What type of speeches are these?? Please explain.

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Hai brother, first question I made a mistake, the answer is 1. Rahul said that he loved playing with me

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Corrections: You didn't change the tense in the first and the third example. 1. Loved 3. Were And the fourth is incorrect too. Correction: The teacher ordered/asked us to sit down quietly.

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6. He told sandhya that he had never kissed anybody

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Answer: 1) Raul said he loved playing with me. 2) She told that he had never said anything bad to her. 3) Jacob informed me they were planing a party following week. 4) The said that sat down quietly. 5) He told me that you had been studying in your room. Or He told me that he had been studying in his room. Sir which one is right? Why? 6) He told to sandhya he had never Kissed anybody.

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Corrections: 1. Rahul said that he... 2. She said that.... 3. informed me that..... the following week. 4.The teacher ordered us to sit quietly. 5. He told me that I had been studying in my room. 6. He told Sandhya that he had not kissed anyone. Keep learning! Apologies for the late reply!

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1_Rahul said that he loved playing with me.. 2_She said that he had never said anything bad to her.. 3__jacob informed me that they are planning a party next week /they were planning a party previous week... 4.. The teacher ordered to sit down quietly (if we use TO US, would it be right ) 5.. He told me that I had been studying in my room.. 6.. He told Sandhya that he had never kissed anybody.. Please check these sentences sir... And if there is one more way to change 4th sentence into inderect sentence, please tell... Agar sir 3rd question exam me aaye to konsa tarika use kare....

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Good job, Krish! Corrections:- 3. Jacob informed me that were planning a party the following week. 4. The teacher ordered us to sit down quietly.

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Is it correct ? He told me that you had been studying in ur room?pronoun "you" will still remain same?

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