Reported Speech

Direct speech
Indirect speech
Direct Indirect

Person 1 person 3

Person 2 person 4
Kinds of Sentences

Declarative
 Interrogative
 Imperative
 Exclamatory
 Transformation

DIRECT SPEECH

Arun said to Ram , " I am willing to join

Reporter reporting listener
Verb

in the music competition ".

Message
 Transformation
Indirect speech

Arun told Ram that he was willing

Reporting. Conjunction. Verb
Verb. (Tense )

to join in the music competition .

 Conjunction
Declarative that

Interrogative If (or) whether, wh

word

Imperative to

that
Exclamatory
 Tense
Simple present Simple past

Present Continuous Past continuous

present perfect past perfect

present perfect con. past perfect con.

simple past past perfect

past perfect past perfect

 Modals
Will Would

shall would

can could

May might

Must had to
 Adverb
Today That day

yesterday the previous day/ the day before

tomorrow the next day

last day/ year/ month the previous day/month/year

now then

Here there

this that

These those
 Pronoun

I He / she

we they

you You

he/she he /she

It that
 Declarative

Direct :
Roshan said to Sam, " Shima reached Mumbai
yesterday.

Indirect:
Roshan told Sam that Shima had reached
Mumbai the day before.
 Interrogative
Wh - question
DIRECT
Roshi said to Reema, " when will you start your
yoga classes?"

Indirect
Roshi asked Reema when she would start her
yoga classes.
 Interrogative
Verbal question
Direct

Vijay said to Rithik, " Did Dylan get his new

mobile?

Indirect

Vijay asked Rithik if Dylan had got his new

mobile.
 Imperative
Direct

The teacher said, " Mute your audio".

Indirect

The teacher ordered to mute their audio.

 Exclamatory

Direct
Anu said to Sri, " Hurrah! We have completed our
project just now".

Indirect
Anu exclaimed with joy to Sri that they had
completed their project then.