Direct & Indirect speech
a.
Statement
D : Father said “I am going out of
town tomorrow”
I : Father said that
he was going out of town the following day.
D : My
sister said to me “I don’t like tennis”
I : My
sister said to me that she didn’t like tennis.
b.
Questions
·
Yes, no questions
D : The teacher asked her : “Have you finish your homework ?”
I : The teacher asked her if he
had finished her homework.
D : We asked them : “Will you go to the movie with us tonight ?”
I : We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us that
night.
·
Question word
D : John asked the girl : “What is your name ?”
I:
John
asked the girl what her name was.
D : I asked him : “When did you get back from your
trip ?”
I : I asked
him when he had got back from his trip.
D : He asked me : “How will you go there ?”
I : He asked me how I would go there.
c.
Command
D : He asked me “Open your book”
I : He asked
me to open my book.
D : John told Mary “Wait until I come”
I : John told Mary to wait until he comes.
d.
Inperative
D : She said : “ Please don’t put your book on
my desk!”
I : She asked him not to put
his book on her desk
D : “Don’t cheat”, the
teacher said to his student
I : The teacher warned his students not to
cheat
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