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If the Reported Verb is in Past tense (said, told instead of say, tell) then the tense in the reporting speech changes accordingly.Įxamples: of the main changes in tense: Direct Speech Toto said that Meena was standing there at that time.Toto said, “Meena is standing here right now.”.That’s why when we report sentences in indirect speech, the words denoting places nearby or recent time are changed to make them more distant. Often, the reporting happens later in time and sometimes at a different place from that in the direct speech. If RS is in third person then there will be a no change. If RS is in second person it shall be changed according to the object of the RV. Formula for converting pronouns of Direct speech into indirect speech If RS is in first person it shall be changed according to the subject of the RV. The pronouns of the direct speech are changed to indicate the relations with reporter and the listener. To convert Direct speech into Indirect ‘that’ conjunction is used to join the reported verb to reported speech. While converting Direct into Indirect speech pronouns, tenses, place and time expression are to be considered. When the Reporting verb is in present tense or future tense then there will be no change in reporting speech except change of pronouns, place and time of expression. The sentence without the question tag is called Indirect speech. The sentence in the question tag is called Direct speech.
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