1.5 REPORTED SPEECH [ AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE ]

1.5 Reported Speech
[AFFIRMATIVE]

What is Direct & Indirect Speech?

Direct speech

Reporting the message of the speaker in the exact words as spoken by him.

Example: Maya said ‘I am busy now’.

Indirect speech

Reporting the message of the speaker in our own words 

Example: Maya said that she was busy then.

Kinds of Sentences :

¨      Affirmative

¨      Interrogative

¨      Imperative

¨      Exclamative

Affirmative Sentence
Example : 1
Gokul said, “I played cricket yesterday”.
Reported Speech : Gokul said that he had played cricket the day before.
 
Example : 2
Raju said to Prabhu, “He is writing a poem”.
Reported Speech : Raju told Prabhu that he was writing a poem.
 
GENERAL RULE FOR CHANGING REPORTED SPEECH IN AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE
v Reporting said should use
v If the reporting verb is said to, you should use “told” as reporting verb in reporting      speech
v Remove comma and quote marks
v Add “That” after the reporting verb (optional)
v Change the tense form in reported sentence (refer the table 1)
v Change the pronoun and adverbial words (refer the table 2 & 3)
 
Example : 3
Teacher said, “The sun rises in the east”.
Reported Speech : Teacher said that the sun rises in the east.
 
Example : 4
Sam says, “I am playing cricket now”.
Reported Speech : Sam says that he is playing cricket then”.
(or)
Sam says Kamal, “We will attend the function”.
Reported Speech : Sam tells Kamal that they will attend the function.
 
 
Notes for above examples 3 & 4
v In indirect speech, tenses do not change if the words used within the quotes (‘’) talk       of a habitual action or universal truth.
v The tenses of direct speech do not change if the reporting verb is in the future                 tense or present tense. 
v Add “That” after the reporting verb (optional)
v Change the pronoun and adverbial words (refer the table 2 & 3)

TABLE 1

TABLE 2

TABLE 3

VIDEO REFERENCE

IN ENGLISH

https://youtu.be/gvFTbru2Zvg?feature=shared

IN TAMIL 

https://youtu.be/M1atYW-rdx4?feature=shared