DIRECT
& INDIRECT
We
would never have to give information what people think or say.
In
order to do this you can use direct or
indirect speech.
DIRECT
SPEECH
Saying exactly what someone has said is
called direct speech (Quoting the exact word of the speeker).
Provision
*
What a person says appears within quotation marks(“... ”)
Example
:
·
Lecturer
said ,“we carry out a quiz next week”
·
“today`s
lesson is on trading companies”,she said
·
She said
“what shall we learn today?”
INDIRECT
SPEECH
Reporting of what a speaker said without
quoting his exact words.
Example
:
·
He said
he was going to the campus.
·
She
said that she was learning then
·
She
asked what we should learn that day
RULES SO WE CAN CHANGE DIRECT TO INDIRECT OR
OTHERWISE
Direct
|
Indirect
|
Now
|
Then
|
Here
|
There
|
Here
After
|
There
After
|
This
|
That
|
These
|
Those
|
Ago
|
Before
|
Thus
|
So
|
Today
|
That Thay
|
Yesterday
|
The
Thay Before
|
Tomorrow
|
The Next Day
|
Last
Night
|
The
Previous Night
|
Last Month
|
The Month Before
|
Tonight
|
That
Night
|
Next Month
|
A Month After
|
Next
Week
|
The
Week After
|
Hence
|
Thence
|
Hither
|
Thither
|
May
|
Might
|
Can
|
Could
|
Must
|
Had To
|
Will
|
Would
|
Shall
|
Should
|
