reported speech

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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