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    Here are the key steps to change reported speech back to direct speech: 1. Identify the introductory part and quoted part 2. Enclose the quoted part in quotation marks 3. Remove 'that' and add a comma before the quotation marks 4. Change pronouns, verbs, adverbs of time/place as needed based on the original direct speech

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    Direct and

    Reported
    Speech
    2

    Direct Speech is a spoken or written text


    that reports speech or thought in its
    original form phrased by the original
    speaker.
    3

    Reported Speech is quoting a person


    using your own words which requires a
    change in pronouns and verb tenses.
    4

    DIRECT REPORTED
    SPEECH SPEECH
    1. They said, “They take a walk 1. They said that they took a
    every day.” walk every day.

    2. She says, “I am a little bit 2. She says that she is a little bit
    nervous.” nervous.

    3. My mother said, “You should 3. My mother said that I should


    sleep early.” sleep early.
    5

    DIRECT vs. REPORTED


    SPEECH
    1. Which one is the direct speech and the reported speech?

    Direct Speech
    They said, “We are going to help you.”
    They said that they were going to help me.

    Reported Speech
    6

    DIRECT SPEECH
    2. What do you call the clause before the quoted sentence in
    the direct speech?

    They said, “We are going to help you.”

    introductory part

    Answer: The clause before quoted sentence is called the


    introductory part.
    7

    Direct Speech
    reporting verb reported verb

    They said, “We are going to help you.”

    introductory part quoted part


    8

    REPORTED SPEECH
    3. What happens to the quotation marks when the direct speech is
    changed to reported speech?

    Direct: They said, “We are going to help you.”

    Indirect: They said that they were going to help me.

    Answer: Quotation marks are omitted when changing the direct


    speech into reported speech.
    9

    DIRECT TO REPORTED
    SPEECH
    4. When ‘that’ is used in the reported speech, does the sentence
    make sense? How about if it isn’t?

    Ex.
    Direct: They said that they were going to help me.

    Indirect: They said they were going to help me.


    10

    DIRECT TO REPORTED
    SPEECH
    Ex.
    Direct: She said, “I want to buy this book.”

    Indirect: She said (that) she wanted to buy that book.

    Answer: The use of ‘that’ is optional when changing the direct speech
    to reported speech. The message of the utterance is still the same
    regardless of its use.
    DIRECT TO REPORTED 11

    SPEECH
    (Change in Pronouns)

    5. What happens to the personal pronoun in the direct speech


    when you turn it to an indirect sentence?

    Direct: They said, “We are going to help you.”

    Indirect: They said that they were going to help me.

    Answer: Change in person of pronouns in the reported speech.


    DIRECT TO REPORTED 12

    SPEECH
    (Change in Pronouns)

    Ex.

    Direct: She said, “I want to buy this book.”

    Indirect: She said that she wanted to buy that book.

    • The demonstrative pronouns will also change.


    DIRECT TO REPORTED 13

    SPEECH
    (change in Verb Tenses)

    6. What happens to the tense of the verb when we


    change a direct speech to reported speech?

    Direct: They said, “They take a walk every day.”

    Answer: There is a change in verb tenses in the reported speech,


    depending on the verb used in the introductory part.
    DIRECT TO REPORTED 14

    SPEECH
    (change in Verb Tenses)

    A. If the reporting speech is in the present or future tense,


    there is no need to change the tense of the reported verb.

    Ex.
    Direct: The lawyer says, “She is innocent until these evidences
    prove otherwise.”

    Indirect: The lawyer says that she is innocent until those


    evidences prove otherwise.
    DIRECT TO REPORTED 15

    SPEECH
    (change in Verb Tenses)

    B. If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the reported


    verb will be changed to the past tense.

    Reported Verb: Present Past


    DIRECT TO REPORTED 16

    SPEECH
    (change in Verb Tenses)

    B. If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the reported


    verb will be changed to the past tense.

    Reported Verb: Present Progressive Past Progressive


    (am, is, are + -ing form) (was, were + -ing form)
    DIRECT TO REPORTED 17

    SPEECH
    (change in Verb Tenses)

    B. If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the reported


    verb will be changed to the past tense.

    Reported Verb: Present Perfect Past Perfect


    (has, have + -past participle) (had+ past participle)
    18

    DIRECT TO REPORTED
    SPEECH
    7. Are there adverbs of time in these examples? What happens to
    them?

    Direct: He said, “I am going to London today.”

    Indirect: He said that he was going to London that day.

    Direct: She said, “I will visit my college tomorrow.”

    Indirect: She said that she would visit her college the following day.
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    REPORTED TO DIRECT
    SPEECH
    You need to follow these steps:

    1. Note the changes you did when transforming them to


    indirect speech.
    2. Find the introductory part and the quoted part.

    Tim said that he would visit me the following day.

    Introductory part quoted part


    3. Enclose the quoted part with quotation marks.

    Tim said that “he would visit me the following day.”

    Introductory part quoted part


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    REPORTED TO DIRECT
    SPEECH
    4. Remove that, next, add comma, then enclose quotation
    marks, capitalize the first word of the quoted part.

    Tim said that “he would visit me the following day.”

    Tim said, “He would visit me the following day.”


    5. Change the pronoun depending on who the speaker is
    talking to.

    Tim said, “I would visit you the following day.”


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    REPORTED TO DIRECT
    SPEECH
    7. Change the verb, depending on the tenses used in quoted
    part.

    Tim said, “I will visit you the following day.”

    8. Change the adverb time and demonstrative as the case may


    be.

    Tim said, “I will visit you tomorrow.”

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