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Direct and indirect speech

Grammar Home Learn English Main Menu English Grammar Direct and Indirect Speech Direct Speech Indirect Speech Tense Change Time Change Pronoun Change Reporting Verbs Use of 'That' We often have to give information about what people say or think In order to do this you can use direct or quoted speech or indirect or reported speech Direct Speech Saying exactly what someone has said is called direct speech sometimes called quoted speech Here what a person says appears within quotation marks and should be word for word For example She said Today's lesson is on presentations or Today's lesson is on presentations she said Indirect Speech Indirect speech sometimes called reported speech doesn't use quotation marks to enclose what the person said and it doesn't have to be word for word When reporting speech the tense usually changes This is because when we use reported speech we are usually talking about a time in the past because obviously the person who spoke originally spoke in the past The verbs therefore usually have to be in the past too CEnglish Online Professional A Handbook for Teachers Direct and Indirect Speech Exploring Language Direct and Indirect Speech Direct Speech In direct speech the original speaker's exact words are given and are indicated by quotation marks I don't know what to do said Dean Printer Ver English Online English U Classroo Professio Student Interac Happening About Feedbac Site Ma Search In some grammar books said Dean is referred to as a reporting clause I don't know what to do is referred to as the reported clause Indirect Speech In indirect speech the exact meaning of the speaker's words is given but the exact words are not directly quoted Dean said that he didn't know what to do To convert direct speech into indirect speech ? If the main verb is past tense present tense verbs in the that clause must also be changed to past tense Dean said that he didn't know what to do ? First and second person pronouns must be changed to third person pronouns Dean said that he didn't know what to do The that can often be left out Dean said he didn't know what to do Indirect Questions The same rules apply to indirect questions as to indirect statements The di ?erence is that a wh clause is used instead of a that clause CDirect question Did Marama's horse win a prize Owen asked Indirect questions Owen asked whether or if Marama's horse had won a prize Direct question Why won't you marry me asked Donald Indirect question Donald asked her why she wouldn't marry him In telling a story or recounting events a speaker using direct speech has all the resources of intonation to produce a lively account Because indirect speech is always speech reported by someone else the account is more reserved and restrained What shall we do asked Bev Don't worry Bev said Duncan I've got a plan Bev asked Duncan what they should