Direct & Indirect Speech

Direct & Indirect Speech

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1- What are direct & reported speeches

2- When to use them

3- How to change a direct speech to a reported one

4- Applications

Direct Speech

"She is attending her class now."

"She is attending her class now," Alia said.

Alia said, "She is attending her class now."

Direct speech repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. When we use direct speech in writing, we place the words spoken between quotation marks (" ") and there is no change in these words.

DirectSpeech

Indirect Speech

"She is attending her class now," Alia said.

Alia said that she was attending her class.

Reported or indirect speech is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken.

IndirectSpeech

Direct Speech

"She is attending her class now," Alia said.

Indirect Speech

Alia said that she was attending her class.

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The speaker at the beginning

The tense changes

Direct Speech

"She is attending her class now," Alia said.

Indirect Speech

Alia said that she was attending her class.