DIRECT
AND REPORTED SPEECH
Direct Speech
Direct speech repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. When
we use direct speech in writing, we place the words spoken between inverted
commas ("....") 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.
Examples
1.
She says "What time will you be
home?"
2.
She said "What time will you be
home?" and I said "I
don't know! "
3.
"There's a fly in my soup!"
screamed Simone.
Reported Speech
Reported speech is usually
used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words
spoken. We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word'that' to introduce the reported words.
Inverted commas are not used.
Example
:
Say' and 'tell':
Use 'say' when there is no indirect object:
He said that he was tired.
Always use 'tell' when you say who was being spoken to
(i.e. with an indirect object):
He told me that he was tired.
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