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Verbal Ability - Direct & Reported Speech
Introduction
Direct speech are exact quotes of the speech. They are completely identical transcripts of speech between two people.
For Example
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He said, Tell me what you know.
I said, I dont know anything on this topic.
Reported speech is the way a listener would narrate the incident in front of another person.
For Example
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He asked me to tell what I knew
I said that I didnt know anything on that topic.
Direct to Reported Speech
The verbs in present tense will change into their corresponding past tenses in the following manner −
- Simple present to simple past
- Present progressive to past progressive
- Present perfect to past perfect
- Present perfect progressive to past perfect progressive.
- The word will, shall will be replaced by would.
- The word can will be replaced by could.
Important
The only action words that will not change its tense are actions that are universal truth.
For Example
- Direct Speech − The Sun rises in the east.
- Indirect Speech − He told me that the sun rises in the east.
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