Indirect: Penny suggested that we might go for a walk. Indirect: David suggested that they should go to the movie theater.ĭave suggested going to the move theater.ĭirect: Penny said, "How about going for a walk?" Jefferson asked Helen if she had heard what he had said or not, and added that she must / had to be quiet when he talked.ĭirect: David said, "Let's go to the movie theater!" Jefferson said to Helen, "Didn't you hear what I said? You must be quiet when I talk." Indirect: Carl said that it was hot in there and asked if the AC was on or not.ĭirect: Mr. Indirect: Tia told me that she couldn't help me then as she was very tired.ĭirect: Carl said, "It's hot in here. Indirect: Theresa told her mother that she couldn't understand that lesson and wanted her mother to help her.ĭirect: Tia said to me, "I can't help you now. If a direct speech consists of mixed types, each section requires its own introductory verb.ĭirect: Theresa said, "I can't understand this lesson, mother.
Woods said that there were many boats in the harbor. Woods said, "There are many boats in the harbor." Indirect: The teacher told her that she had done her homework well.ĭirect: Mr. Jones told me that he had educated himself by reading widely.ĭirect: The teacher said to her, "You have done your homework well." Jones said to me, "I educated myself by reading widely." Indirect : They said that they loved their teacher.ĭirect : Mr. Sometimes we may omit that.ĭirect : They said, "We love our teacher." We join the indirect and the direct parts of a sentence with that. Indirect : She told me that my brother was bothering her. Indirect : I said that I had sold my book.ĭirect : She said to me, "Your brother is bothering me." Indirect : He said that I didn't know his language. Pronouns and possessive adjectives normally change from first or second person to third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words.ĭirect : He said, "You don't know my language." Indirect: Dwayne says that he didn't do his homework. Indirect: Paul says that he doesn't like coffee.ĭirect: Dwayne says, "I didn't do my homework." If the main verb is in the present tense, we don't change the tense in the direct speech.ĭirect: Paul says, "I don't like coffee." We usually change from first or second to third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Expressions of Time and Place in Reported Speech Make the necessary tense shift: See Reported Speech Tense Shiftī. She told me that she had lost her wallet.Ī. If we want to mention who the speaker talked to, we use told, otherwise we use said. Indirect speech / Reported Speech:We give the exact meaning of a speech without necessarily using the speaker's exact words. He said, "I have lost my key." (no tense shift) There are two ways of reporting what a person has said.ĭirect speech:We repeat the speaker’s words.
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