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Direct speech is the speech in its original form while indirect speech is the

speech in its changed form.

Identify whether the speech below is either direct speech or indirect
speech.

1. “I will defeat you!” yelled the man.

2. The man was told to leave the hall.
3. He shouted, “Help!”

4. The policeman gave the lost woman direction.

5. “Excuse me, are you waiting in the queue?” Barry enquired.
6. Chris mumbled that he felt sick.

7. Sailly complained that her shoes were too tight.

8. “I’d like to have a steak and some chips please,” the customer
said to the waiter.

Direct speech is saying what someone said without any changes. It is always placed
inside the quotation marks – “_______”.

Read the following example:
Direct: Peter said, “The bus is late”.

Indirect: Peter said that the bus was late.

The tense changes when we change the direct speech into indirect speech.

1. If the reporting verb is in present tense, the verb in indirect speech is changed to the
past tense as under:

G The simple present changes to the simple past.
Direct: He said, “I like South Indian food.”

Indirect: He said that he liked south Indian food.

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