Direct And Indirect Speech

Direct speech (also called quoted speech) states the exact words that a speaker used. In writing, put quotation marks before and after the speech you are quoting.The quotation can go at the beginningor at the end of the sentence. | “The check is in the mail” he said.“I like that tie” she told him.He said, “The traffic is bad”. |
Indirect Speech (also called reported speech) reports what aspeaker said without using the exact words.The word that can introduce direct speech.*Do not use quotation marks when writing indirect speech. | He said the check was in the mail.She told him she likedthat tie.She said she had to work.Not: she said “she had to work.” |

1. As you learned in unit 25, when the reporting verb is in the simple past, the verb tense in the indirect speech oftenchanges. Direct speech: Indirect SpeechSimple Present -> Simple PastPresent Progressive -> Past ProgressiveSimple Past -> Past PerfectPresent Perfect ->Past Perfect | Examples:Direct Speech: Indirect Speech:He Said, “It’s Cloudy.” He said it was cloudy.She said, “A storm is She said a storm wascoming.”coming.He said, “Klaus called.” He said that Klaus had called.She told him, “I’ve She told him that she’d heard the news.” the news. |
Modals often change in indirect speech.Direct SpeechIndirect SpeechWill -> WouldCan -> CouldMay -> MightMust -> Had to| Direct Speech: Indirect speechI said “The winds will be I said the winds would be strong.” strong.“You can...