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