How do you change direct to indirect speech examples?

Examples:
Direct Speech: She said, “I am watching a movie”.
Indirect Speech: She said that she was watching a movie. ( Tense changed)
Direct Speech: He says, “I am playing cricket”.
Indirect Speech: He says that he is playing cricket. ( No change in tense)

What is the example of direct speech?

Direct speech is a sentence in which the exact words spoken are reproduced in speech marks (also known as quotation marks or inverted commas). For example: "You'll never guess what I've just seen!" said Sam, excitedly. "What's that?" asked Louise.

What is the example of direct speech and reported speech?

So when reporting speech we must apply this rule.

Direct speech	Reported speech
He says, "I work every day."	He says he works every day.
She says, "I am a big girl."	She says she is a big girl.
Bonnie says, "I have a question."	Bonnie says she has a question.

How do we use direct speech?

When we use direct speech in writing, we place the words spoken between quotation marks (" ") and there is no change in these words. We may be reporting something that's being said NOW (for example a telephone conversation), or telling someone later about a previous conversation.

What are the parts of direct speech?

Speech reports consist of two parts: the reporting clause and the reported clause. The reporting clause includes a verb such as say, tell, ask, reply, shout, usually in the past simple, and the reported clause includes what the original speaker said. … Direct speech is a representation of the actual words someone said.

How can we change indirect speech?

In the given sentence, 'shall' cannot be changed to should as the speech is not reported by the original speaker. It would change to 'would'. Thus, option C is the correct answer according to the rules.

What is the indirect speech of must?

Indirect Speech for Modals, e.g. MUST, MAY, CAN, MIGHT, etc

Direct Speech	Indirect Speech
MUST changes into HAD TO
He said, “I must study this book”.	He said that he had to study this book.
They said, “We must finish the work in time”.	They said that they had to finish the work in time.

What is the indirect speech of shall?

Hi, Note that shall used to be used with first person (think of the White Rabbit: "I shall be late!"), while will was used with third person. If you use the third person in indirect speech, you need will and would: "I shall phone you" → she will phone me → she said she would phone me.

What is the indirect speech of we?

Change of the pronouns

	Direct speech	Indirect speech
She said	I - my - me	she - her - her
He said	I - my - me	he - his - him
They said	we - our - us	they - their - them

Is reported speech and indirect speech SAME?

There is no difference between reported speech and indirect speech. Both are same.

What is the indirect speech of next week?

Changing time and place references

Phrase in direct speech	Equivalent in reported speech
Next week/month/year	the following week/month/year
"I have an appointment next week", she said.	She said that she had an appointment the following week.
Last week/month/year	the previous/week/month/year

What is indirect speech today?

He said: "It was hot yesterday." → He said that it had been hot the day before. He said: "We are going to swim tomorrow." → He said they were going to swim the next day....Time words.

direct speech	reported speech
now	then, at that time
today	that day, on Sunday, yesterday
tonight	that night, last night, on Sunday night

What is change in indirect speech soon?

Adverbs of time or place do not normally change if the reporting verb is in the present or future tense. Adverb 'soon ' remains unchanged.

What time is it in indirect speech?

Changes in place, time and person in indirect speech

Direct speech	Indirect speech
last month	the previous month / the month before, in June
next year	this year, the following year / the year after, in 1996
five minutes ago	five minutes before
in two hours' time	two hours later

Can we use told in direct speech?

Say and tell are used in both direct and indirect speech. Direct speech: I said “I'm hungry.” / I told him “I'm hungry.” Indirect speech: I said that I was hungry / I told him that I was hungry.