L2 English Direct Indirect Speech

DIRECT & INDIRECT (REPORTED) SPEECH ENGLISH L2 MALUTI TVET, BETHLEHEM CAMPUS S WILKEN Downloaded from hlayiso.com

STEPS TO FOLLOW WHEN CHANGING FROM DIRECT TO INDIRECT SPEECH: • PAY ATTENTION TO THE VERB! • IF THE 1ST VERB IS IN THE PAST TENSE, ALL THE OTHER VERBS MUST CHANGE TO THE PAST TENSE. Downloaded from hlayiso.com

• IF A VERB IN THE SENTENCE ALREADY IS IN THE PAST TENSE, CHANGE IT TO THE PAST PERFECT TENSE. Downloaded from hlayiso.com

WORDS THAT MUST BE CHANGED: • I →HE/SHE • WE→THEY/THEM/US • YOU→ HE/SHE/THEY/THEM • TODAY→THAT DAY • TOMORROW→THE NEXT DAY • YESTERDAY→THE PREVIOUS DAY • HERE→THERE Downloaded from hlayiso.com • THIS→THAT

TO CHANGE A SENTENCE FROM INDIRECT TO DIRECT SPEECH: • TO CHANGE A SENTENCE INTO DIRECT SPEECH, THE WHOLE PROCESS IS SIMPLY REVERSED. • ALL VERBS IN THE SENTENCE IS THEN WRITTEN IN THE PRESENT TENSE. IF A VERB IS ALREADY IN THE PRESENT TENSE, LEAVE IT AS IS. Downloaded from hlayiso.com

WHAT IF THE 1ST VERB IN A SENTENCE IS IN THE PRESENT TENSE? • ALL THE VERBS IN THE SENTENCE REMAIN AS THEY ARE! Downloaded from hlayiso.com