اللغة الإنجليزية — Reported Speech: Direct to Indirect Transformation — 2ثانوي — شعبة آداب

Reported Speech: Direct to Indirect Transformation

Reported speech (or indirect speech) is used to report what someone said without quoting them directly. This is an important grammar topic for 2nd Year Secondary literary stream students (شعبة آداب).

1. Reporting Statements

Use reporting verbs like said, told, explained, stated. Add that (optional).

Tense changes:

• “I am happy.” → He said he was happy.
• “I have finished.” → She said she had finished.
• “We will come.” → They said they would come.
• “I saw him.” → He said he had seen him.

2. Reporting Questions

Wh- questions: Use the same question word.

• “Where do you live?” → He asked me where I lived.
• “What are you doing?” → She asked what I was doing.

Yes/No questions: Use if or whether.

• “Do you like coffee?” → He asked if I liked coffee.
• “Have you seen the film?” → She asked whether I had seen the film.

3. Reporting Commands

Use told + object + to + infinitive.

• “Sit down!” → He told me to sit down.
• “Don’t be late!” → She told us not to be late.

4. Key Changes

Direct	Reported
now	then
today	that day
tomorrow	the next day / the following day
yesterday	the day before / the previous day
here	there
this	that

Exercises

Exercise 1: Change to reported speech.

1. “I am tired,” she said.
2. “We will visit Paris,” they said.
3. “Have you done your homework?” the teacher asked.
4. “Don’t shout!” he told the children.
5. “Where does she live?” he asked.

Answers

Exercise 1: 1. She said she was tired. / 2. They said they would visit Paris. / 3. The teacher asked if I had done my homework. / 4. He told the children not to shout. / 5. He asked where she lived.

See also Conditionals and The Passive Voice.

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