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Warm- Up Activity
• I am playing cricket.• Statement• Ali: I am playing cricket.• Dialogue• Ali said, “I am playing cricket”.• Direct speech• Ali said that he was playing cricket.• Reported speech or indirect speech
REPORTED SPEECH
By: Ms Khan
Fazaia Schools & Colleges
Index
• Preamble• Reported Speech• Direct Speech• How to change direct to indirect speech• Rules with Examples
Preamble
• Report is to tell something in a formal way.• Reported speech is to report the words of
someone in your own way.
Reported Speech
• Reported speech permits us to use the speaker’s words or thoughts and make them part of our own speech.
• Reported Speech is the exact meaning of what someone said but not the exact words.
Direct Speech
• He said,• Reporting speech• Outside the
quotation marks
• “ I am a boy.”• Reported speech• inside the quotation
marks• exact words of
speaker
There are two parts of direct speech.He said,“ I am a boy.”
Indirect Speech(Reported Speech)
Rules
Nasima Says, “He is a poor man.”
Nasima says that he is a poor man.
Rules
Nasima says, “He is a poor man.”
Nasima says that he is a poor man.
In all sentences,• Remove the comma present before the first
quotation mark.
Rules
Nasima Says, “He is a poor man.”
Nasima says that he is a poor man.
In all sentences,• No use of quotation marks in Reported Speech.
Rules
Nasima Says, “He is a poor man.”
Nasima says that he is a poor man.
In all sentences,• To join both parts , commonly, “ that” is used.
Rules
When reporting, there must be done three types of changes:
• Change in pronoun• Change in tense• Change in particular words
Change in Pronoun
Examples Quoted Speech
• They say, “ We are playing.”
• She says, “ I will be a teacher.”
• You say, “ I have to wear uniform.”
Reported Speech
• They say that they are playing.
• She says that she will be a teacher.
• You say that you have to wear uniform.
Persons Cases Subjective case
Possessive case
Objective case
First Person
Singular I My, Mine Me
Plural We Our, Ours Us
Second Person
Singular &Plural
You Your, Yours You
Third Person
Singular
He His Him
She Her, Hers Her
It Its It
Plural They Their, Theirs
Them
Chart Of Personal Pronouns
RulesS
First person of Reported speech changes according to the Subject of Reporting Speech
She says, “I am a girl.”She says that She is a girl.
RulesS O
Second person of Reported speech changes according to the Object of Reporting Speech
I say to him, “You are a boy.”I say to him that he is a boy.
RulesS O N
If there is Third person of Reported speech, No change will be observed.
I say to him, “He has taken tea.”I say to him that he has taken tea.
RulesS O N
Second person of Reported speech changes according to the Object of Reporting Speech
I say to him, “You are a boy.”I say to him that he is a boy.
If there is Third person of Reported speech, No change will be observed.
I say to him, “He has taken tea.”I say to him that he has taken tea.
First person of Reported speech changes according to the Subject of Reporting Speech
She says, “I am a girl.”She says that She is a girl.
Review
• Direct and Indirect Speech• Reported Speech• Reporting Speech• How to change direct to indirect speech• Change Of Pronouns
ASSESSMENT Quoted Speech
• Rashid says to his brother, “I like your books.”
• The mother says to her baby, “ I cannot leave you alone.”
• You say, “ He likes to play hockey.”
Reported Speech
• Rashid says that he likes his brother’s books.
• The mother says to her baby that she cannot leave her alone.
• You say that he likes to play hockey.
Homework
Write ten sentences in direct speech and change them into
reported speech.
End-note
In this lesson, we discussed• what is reported speech• Change of pronoun
Next, we will come to know how to• Change the Tense and• Change in certain words
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