Reported Speech GRD 7 - Portal 20-21

GRADE-7 SUBLECT-ENGLISH
Reported Speech
Reported Speech [Direct and Indirect speech]
The exact words that the person has used, is called direct speech. The spoken words are put in inverted com-
mas.
When we convey the thought of the speaker without the actual words, but with its full meaning intact, it is
called indirect or reported speech. The verb that introduces the reported speech is called reporting verb.
Reporting speech
Eg- Meena said to Nitin, “I ate brownies.”
Reporting verb.
Changes of direct speech to indirect speech
 If the reporting verb is in the present or future tense, the verb in the reported speech is not changed.
Eg- 1. Direct speech - The boy says, “Vinay is leaving for the day.”
‘Says’- reporting verb in present tense.
Indirect speech – The boy says that Vinay is leaving today.
2. Direct speech – Mohan will say, “I can’t come.”

Indirect speech - Mohan will say that he can’t come.
 If the reporting verb is in past tense, the reported speech is also changed into past tense.
Eg- Direct speech – Neha said, “I have a new dress.”
Indirect speech – Neha said that she had a new dress
Change of pronouns:
Direct speech Reported speech
She said, "I work here." She said she worked there."
They said, "We are eating now." They said they were eating then.
You said, "She sings today." You said she sang that day.
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Change of tense.
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
Simple present Simple past
"I always drink coffee", she said She said that she always drank coffee.
Present continuous Past continuous
"I am reading a book", he ex- He explained that he was reading a

plained. book
Present perfect Past perfect
"I have been to Spain", he told me. He told me that he had been to Spain.
Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous
They complained, "We have been They complained that they had been
waiting for hours". waiting for hours.
Simple past Past perfect
"Bill arrived on Saturday", he He said that Bill had arrived on Satur-

said. day.
Past perfect Past perfect (NO CHANGE)
"I had just turned out the light," He explained that he had just turned
he explained. out the light.
Past continuous Past perfect continuous
"We were living in Paris", they They told me that they had been liv-
told me. ing in Paris.
Changing words denoting time, place and position.
Direct speech Indirect speech
Tomorrow The next day
Yesterday The day before
Tonight That night
Today That day
This That
These Those
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Next day The following day
Last week The previous week
Here There
Ago Before
Now Then
Changes in modal verb:
will would
shall should
can could
must had to
may might
Reported questions
 Direct questions become reported questions with the same word order as statements. The reporting verb
‘say’ changes into ask, want to know, wonder...
Eg 1. "Where have you been?" he said.
He asked me where I had been.
2. "What time did it start?" he said. –

He wanted to know what time it had started.
 In yes/no questions we use if or whether in questions. If is more common and whether is more formal.
Eg 1 "Will you come?" she asked me.
She asked me if/whether I would come.
2. "Did he marry Sue?" she said.

She wondered if/whether he had married Sue.
Reported commands, requests and advice

 The commands, requests and advice mostly have the same form:
verb + object + infinitive
Eg 1. "Get up!" he said.

He told me to get up.
2. "Please, revise for the test," he said.

He urged me to revise for the test.
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3. "Put on your coat," I said.
I advised him to put on his coat.
Reported Speech – Worksheet
EXERCISE-1
Choose the appropriate reporting verbs and fill in the blanks in the following sentences.
were complaining, shouted, replied ,remarked, ordered, suggested
1. “I am not afraid,” ____ the woman.

2. “Leave me alone,” my mother ____.
3. The children ____ that the roads were crowded and noisy.
4. “Perhaps he isn’t a bad sort of a boy after all,” ____the master.
5. “Let’s go and look at the school ground,” ____ the sports teacher.
6. The traffic police ____ all the passers-by to keep off the road.
EXERCISE-2
Convert the following sentence from direct to indirect speech.

1. He said, "I like this song."
2. "My sister is not going home today?" Ravi said.
3. "I don't speak Hindi," she said.
4. "We are going to the market," they said.
5. "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.
6. "I like to eat pizza," she said.
7. His friends said, ''We will go home the next Sunday.”
8. "I never make mistakes," he said.
9. The teacher said, '' The Earth moves around the sun.''
10. Marc said, '' I have finished my work.''
EXERCISE-3
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Convert the imperative sentences below from direct to indirect speech.
1. Mother to daughter: "Put on your shoes."

2. The teacher to me: "Open your notebook."
3. She said to us, “Let's play some music.”
4. Coach to Jack: "Get on your feet!"
5. The cashier to Angela: "Give me your receipt."
EXERCISE-4
Convert the interrogative sentences from direct to indirect speech.
1. Raja said to Mohan, “Are you going home today?”

2. “How are you?” Martin asked us.
3. My friend said to me, “Will you not help me?”
4. Shyam said to Dalip, “Did you eat mangoes?”
5. “Where is my umbrella?” she asked.
6. Sima said to Meena, “Could you solve the question yesterday?”
7. "Which dress do you like best?" she asked her friend.
8. Hafiz said to Hanif, “Do you really want to leave this book?”
9. Ram said to Raju, “Do you really want to leave this city?”
10.“Where have you been?” the mother asked her daughter.
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GRADE-7 SUBLECT-ENGLISH

Eg- Meena said to Nitin, “I ate brownies.”

Changes of direct speech to indirect speech

2. Direct speech – Mohan will say, “I can’t come.”

DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH

Simple present Simple past

Present continuous Past continuous

"I am reading a book", he ex- He explained that he was reading a

Present perfect Past perfect

Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous

Simple past Past perfect

"Bill arrived on Saturday", he He said that Bill had arrived on Satur-

Past perfect Past perfect (NO CHANGE)

Past continuous Past perfect continuous

Changing words denoting time, place and position.

Direct speech Indirect speech

Tomorrow The next day

Yesterday The day before

Tonight That night

Today That day

Last week The previous week

Changes in modal verb:

2. "What time did it start?" he said. –

2. "Did he marry Sue?" she said.

Reported commands, requests and advice

Eg 1. "Get up!" he said.

2. "Please, revise for the test," he said.

Reported Speech – Worksheet

were complaining, shouted, replied ,remarked, ordered, suggested

1. “I am not afraid,” ____ the woman.

Convert the following sentence from direct to indirect speech.

1. Mother to daughter: "Put on your shoes."

Convert the interrogative sentences from direct to indirect speech.

1. Raja said to Mohan, “Are you going home today?”

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