Grammar

PICTO GRAMMAR

Reported Speech

The actual words spoken by a person is Direct speech. They are enclosed within quotation marks.

When we later report this, making changes to the words the speaker originally said, it is Reported Speech. (Indirect Speech)

DIRECT SPEECH: Ram said to Rakesh, “I want an ice cream.’’

INDIRECT SPEECH: Ram told Rakesh that he wanted an ice cream.

DIRECT SPEECH: My uncle said to me, “I am coming to Chennai tomorrow.”

INDIRECT SPEECH: My uncle told me that he was coming to Chennai the next day.

DIRECT SPEECH: Monica said,“I want to become a doctor.”

INDIRECT SPEECH: Monica said that she wanted to become a doctor.

DIRECT SPEECH: The librarian said, “The comic books are kept on the second shelf.”

INDIRECT SPEECH: The librarian said that the comic books were kept on the second shelf.

DIRECT SPEECH: Sidharthan said, “The monument is beautiful.”

INDIRECT SPEECH: Sidharthan said that the monument was beautiful.

USE GRAMMAR

I. Rewrite the story in the past tense.

The boy chases a cat. The cat climbs up the tree and purrs from the branch of the tree. The cat jumps to another tree. The boy who is chasing the cat notices a snake under the tree. He leaves his attempt to catch the cat and he runs home screaming for help.

Answer:

The boy a cat. The cat climbed up the tree and purred from the branch of the tree. The cat jumped to another tree. The boy who was chasing the cat noticed a snake under the tree. He left his attempt to catch the cat and he ran home screaming for help. 

J. Look at the picture and complete the following.

Nila told Miruthula that that hotel was famous for masala idli. Miruthula said that the idly was soft and spongy. Nila said that it was delicious too. She also said that they had added Kashmiri chilli. Miruthula said that her sister also liked that dish very much.