Reported Speech

Direct Speech

Indirect Speech

• ·         Statement

DS : She said to me,”I have read this book.”

IS  : She said to me that she had read that book.

DS : The man says,”I need this book so much.”

IS  : The man says that he needs that book so much.

• ·         Question

DS  : He asked me, “When will you go?”

IS   : He asked me when I would go.

DS  : They asked her,”Why didn’t you come yesterday?”

IS   :  They asked her why she hadn’t come the day before.

• ·         Interrogative

DS  : He asked her,”Have you typed your paper?”

IS   : He asked her if she had typed her paper.

DS  : He asked me,”Can I borrow your pen?”

IS   : He asked me if he could borrow my pen.

• ·         Imperative

DS  : He told me,”Drive carefully!”

IS   : He told me to drive carefully.

DS  : Mother said to me,”Don’t neglect your home work!”

IS   : Mother told me not to neglect my homework.