Thursday 4 May 2023

Direct to Indirect: Other Changes

  • Direct to Indirect: Other Changes

  • When you change sentences from direct to indirect speech, you must also change the other words in the sentence. Common words you need to change are this and here.

    The teacher said, "Your kids are playing over here!"
    The teacher said that our kids were playing over there.
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  • AdverbsDirect Speech
    Indirect Speech
    this* > thatHe said, "I like this t-shirt."He told me that he liked that t-shirt.
    He told me that he liked the t-shirt.
    here > thereShe said, "'The food is over here."
    She said the food was over there.
  • *Be careful! There are two options for this in indirect speech when it functions as an adjective.























 Source : Alison

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