Knowing when and how to use direct and indirect speech can help students form grammatically correct sentences. Having a firm grasp on direct and reported speech in Class 8 is integral to building the foundation of English grammar for young minds. Importance of Learning Direct and Reported Speech Class 8 Traffic police asked the public not to rush. The Doctor advised that health is wealth. Honey told he mother that he was not feeling well. Riya asked the shopkeeper what the price of the items was.Ĭommander ordered militarians to practice well. The Doctor said, “Health is your wealth”. Honey told his mother, “I am not feeling well”. Riya said to the shopkeeper, “ what is the price of the item?”Ĭommander said to militarians, “practice well”. He asked me “ what is your mother’s name”. Rewrite the following sentence converting from direct speech to indirect speech. Here the sentence “taj mahal was built by Shahjahan” is the reported speech.īasically, there are two types of speech.Ī phrase or speech being constantly repeated.
The second part of the sentence refers to some other person, universal facts, imaginary parts, historical facts, happening events, etc.įor example, Shyam said,” taj mahal was built by Shahjahan” The part of the sentence which is under inverted commas is called reporting speech. Here in the sentence, Priya said to the class is the reporting verb. When we change a direct speech into indirect speech then there are 3 types/ forms of changes that take place.įor example, Priya said to the class,” keep quiet teacher is coming”. The part of the sentence which is not in the inverted commas is called the reported verb. The reported verb refers to the simple sentence at the starting of the sentence and reported speech refers to the sentence in inverted commas that defines someone else. Here in the sentence, Ram said to me is the reporting verb,Īnd the sentence in inverted commas “he wants to eat pizza” is the reported speech. For example, Ram said to me,” he wants to eat pizza”.
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