Direct and Indirect Speech

 

Direct speech refers to reproducing another person’s exact word oe saying exactly what someone has said(sometimes called quoted speech) here what a peson says appears within quotation marks(“….”) and should be word for word.

Example of Direct Speech :

1. LIna said, “I’m very busy .”
2. They said, “We have bought a picture.”
3. He said, “I am learning my lesson.”
4. Lisa says, “I got the first prize.”
5. You said, “I will come to help him.”
6. Jalu will say, “I will do my best.” 

Indirect speech : refers to reproducing the idea of another persons word.

Indirect speech refers to reproducing the idea of another person’s words that doesn’t use quotation marks to enclose what the person said and it doesn’t have to be word for word. Indirect speech is sometimes called reported speech. The tense usually changes when reporting speech. This is because we are usually talking about a time in the past and obviously the person who spoke originally spoke in the past.

There are 3 kinds of indirect speech :

1. Imperrative (command / request) 

Direct : Mrs. Rika said to Dina, "Don't wory about it." 
Indirect : Mrs. Rika told Dina not to wory about it.

2. Interrogative (question) 

Direct : Risa asked to Nico, "Are you a journalist?" 
Indirect : Risa asked if / whether He was journalist.

3. Declarative (statement) 

Direct : Mr. Dion said, "I worked hard yesterday." 
Indirect : Mr. Dion said that he worked hard the day before.

In comand sentences, direct speech can changed to indirect speech with change "Said" to be "Ordered", "Told", and "Forbade".