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    The document discusses the differences between direct and indirect speech. Direct speech uses quotation marks to report the exact words spoken, while indirect speech does not use quotation marks and changes the verb tenses. Some examples are provided to illustrate how to convert between direct and indirect speech by changing the verb tenses.

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    The document discusses the differences between direct and indirect speech. Direct speech uses quotation marks to report the exact words spoken, while indirect speech does not use quotation marks and changes the verb tenses. Some examples are provided to illustrate how to convert between direct and indirect speech by changing the verb tenses.

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    The document discusses the differences between direct and indirect speech. Direct speech uses quotation marks to report the exact words spoken, while indirect speech does not use quotation marks and changes the verb tenses. Some examples are provided to illustrate how to convert between direct and indirect speech by changing the verb tenses.

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    The document discusses the differences between direct and indirect speech. Direct speech uses quotation marks to report the exact words spoken, while indirect speech does not use quotation marks and changes the verb tenses. Some examples are provided to illustrate how to convert between direct and indirect speech by changing the verb tenses.

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    The key takeaways are that direct speech uses quotation marks to report the exact words spoken, while indirect speech does not use quotation marks and changes the verb tenses. There are also rules for changing verb tenses when converting between direct and indirect speech.

    Direct speech gives the exact words of the speaker using quotation marks, while indirect speech does not use quotation marks and it does not have to be word for word. Indirect speech is usually used to talk about the past, so the verb tenses are normally changed.

    When converting direct to indirect speech, the tense of the verb is changed according to the reporting verb. For example, present simple becomes past simple, present continuous becomes past continuous, and so on as shown in the examples provided.

    Direct and Indirect

    Speech
    DIRECT SPEECH gives the exact words of the speaker.
    Direct speech is usually placed inside quotation marks and accompanied by a
    reporting verb.

    A reporting verb is a word which


    is used to talk about or report on
    other people's work.
    “The shaking was so strong I could hardly stand,” coast guard personnel
    Rayner Neil Elopre told The Associated Press by telephone.
    In Indirect speech, we don’t use quotation marks to enclose
    what the person said and it doesn’t have to be word for word.
     
    There are rules when changing the tense of verb when
    converting a direct speech into indirect speech.
    Police officer Jimmy Sarael said that he, his wife, and their
    children embraced each other until the shaking eased.
    Direct speech: Present simple
    She said, "It is cold."

    Indirect speech: Past simple

    She said it was cold.


    D.S: Present continuous
    She said, "I'm teaching English online."

    I.S: Past continuous

    She said she was teaching English online.


    D.S: Present perfect simple
    She said, "I've been on the web since
    1999."

    I.S: Past perfect simple

    She said she had been on the web since


    1999.
    D.S: Present perfect continuous
    She said, "I've been teaching English for seven
    years."

    I.S: Past perfect continuous

    She said she had been teaching English for seven


    years.
    D.S: Past simple
    She said, "I taught online yesterday."

    I.S: Past perfect

    She said she had taught online yesterday.


    INDIRECT SPEECH TO DIRECT
    SPEECH
    I.S: Past perfect continuous
    She said she had been teaching earlier.

    D.S: Past continuous

    She said, "I was teaching earlier."

     
    Modal verb forms also sometimes change:

    Direct speech: will


    She said, "I'll teach English online
    tomorrow."

    Indirect speech: would


    She said she would teach English online
    tomorrow.
    Try to convert the following:

    D.I: can
    She said, "I can teach English online."

    I.S: could

    She said she could teach English online.


    D.S: must
    She said, "I must have a computer to teach English online."

    I.S: had to
    She said she had to have a computer to teach English online.
    Convert the following into Direct speech.

    D.S: shall
    I.S: should
    She asked what we should learn today. She said, "What shall we learn today?"

    I.S: might D.S: may

    She asked if she might open a new browser. She said, "May I open a new browser?"
    Note: There is no change to; could, would, should, might
    and ought to

    Direct speech
    "I might go to the cinema", he said.
    Indirect speech
    He said he might go to the cinema.
    Direct speech repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. It
    uses quotation marks.

    Indirect Speech used to talk about the past, so


    we normally change the tense of the words
    spoken.
    A.Change the following sentences from direct speech to indirect speech.

    1.“I never eat meat”, he explained.


    2.“I’m waiting for Ann”, he said.
    3.“I have found a flat”, she said.
    4.He said, “I have been waiting for ages”.
    5.“I took it home with me”, he said.
    B. Change the following sentences from indirect speech to direct
    speech.

    1. She said that she didn’t like fish.


    2. He said that he was going to away for a few days.
    3. She said she had seen Helen in June.
    4. She said she would tell him.
    5. He said he might be late.

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