The Ultimate Guide To How To Change Direct Speech To Indirect Speech

Direct Speech To Indirect Speech of Interogative Sentence

             Direct Speech To Indirect Speech Formula

How to change direct speech to indirect speech

Simple Present-Simple past

Present continuous-past continuous

present perfect-past perfect

simple past-past perfect

past continuous-past perfect continuous

past perfect-past perfect

simple future-would

future continuous-would be

future perfect-would have

future perfect continuous-(×)

Here in this tenses when we want to change the direct speech into indirect speech , we have to follow some important rules,the rules are in details below.

1) when the reporting verb is in past form then the reported speech transffered into another tense just like the given formula.

2) If the reporting verb is in present or future form then the reported speech will not be changed into another tenses.It belongs in same tenses.

When in The Tense of a  Direct Speech of a speech Change into others tense in Indirect Speech?

(1) If the reporting verb is in Present tense then the reported speech is not change into another tense.

Reporting Speech examples- say, says,tell,tells.

(2) If the reporting verb is in future tense then the reporting speech is not change into another tense

Reporting Speech example-will say, shall say

(3) If the reporting verb is in Past tense then the reporting speech tense change into another tense just like the formula

examples- [said to-told]

                     [said to-asked]

Linker-If/Whether

Reporting verb-

said to-asked

said-said

says-asks

Present Indefinite / simple Present

watch this example to know the details

example-

Ram said to me,"Does he play cricket"? (direct speech)

Ram asked me if he played cricket. (Indirect Speech)

In this example 'said to' is a reporting verb and it is change into 'asked'.

To remove comma (,) an inverted commas("..")  used linker is 'If'.

Past Indefinite/ Simple Past

using linker-if/whether

Reporting verb direct to indirect speech

said to- asked

said -said

says-asks

some example from simple past assertive sentences about changing direct speech to indirect speech.watch the examples ij details, how to change direct speech to indirect speech.

examples-

1) He said to ram,"who wrote this letter"? (direct speech)

He asked me who had written this letter. (indirect speech)

2) Sita said to mina,"did you play football"? (direct speech)

Sita asked mita if he had played football. (indirect speech)

Future Indefinite/ Simple Future

Using Linker-if / whether

reporting verb change direct to indirect speech

said to- asked

said-said

says-asks

when the reported speech is in future tenses,the reported speech trqnsffered into direct tobindirect speech by adding 'would' in place of shall/will.

Reporting verb 'said to' transffered into 'asked' when it will be changed into indirect speech from direct speech.

examples-

Hari eaid to shyam,"will he dance"? (direct speech)

Hari asked shyam if he would dance. (indirect speech)

Present Continuous

When the direct reported speech is in present continuous,then the reported speech transffered into indirect speech.reported speech transffered from present continuous to past continuous

Linker- If/whether

examples-

1) He said to madhu,"is he writing a letter"? (direct speech)

He asked madhu if he was writing a letter. (indirect speech)

2) Tanu says manu,"Are you playing now"? (direct speech)

Tanu asks manu if he is playing then.

Past Continuous

when you are going to change direct speech into indirect speech, then the reported apeech change from past continuous to past perfect continuous.

Here are the examples in details below.

1) Ganga said to sadhu,"Did you singing"? ( direct speech)

Ganga asked sadhu if he had been singing. (indirect speech)

2) Radhika said,"was he doing this job"? ( direct speech)

Radhika said if he had been doing that job. (indirect speech)

Future Continuous

To change the narration in future continuous reported speech change into indirect speech from direct speech by adding 'Would be' in place of shall be or will be.

Linker- if/ whether

Reporting verb-

said to-asked

said-said

says-asks

Some changes example from direct to indirect speech in future continuous tense.

1) soma said to tina,"will you be playing ludu"? (direct speech)

Soma asked tina if she would be playing ludu. (indirect speech)

Present Perfect

In narration change the reported speech is in present perfect in direct speech it will be changed into past perfect tense in indirect speech.

To make it clear here are some eexamples are in details below.

1) Sumita says, " Have you done your sum"? ( direct speech)

Sumita asks/says if he had done his sum. (indirect speech)

2) Rani said to bani,"has he killed the snake"? (direct speech)

Rani asked bani if he had killed the snake. (indirect speech)

Past Perfect

when the reported speech is in past perfect tense in direct speech, then the tense will be transffered into same format of past perfect tense.

Repoted speech belongs in same tense not transffered into other tense.

Past Perfect - Past Perfect

here are some examples to make direct speech into indirect speech in past perfect tense.

examples-

1) Mani said to puja,"had he finished her duty"? (direct speech)

Mani asked puja if she had finished her duty. (indirect speech)

2) Ram said to sita,"had you believed them"? ( direct speech)

Ram asked sita if she had believed them. (indirect speech)

Future Perfect

To change direct speech into indirect speech in future perfect tense, the reported speech changed into indirect speech from direct  by adding 'Would have' in place of will have or shall have.

Linker- If / whether

Some examples of direct speech to indirect speech.

examples-

1) Prema said to madhu,"shall i have written a letter"? ( direct speech)

Prema asked madhu if he would have written a letter. (indirect speech)

2) Mina says,"will madhu have done his duty"? (direct speech)

Mina says/asks if madhu would have done his duty. (indirect speech)