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Every day, people relay messages from one person to another. Whether it is to prove a point, describe an event, or disclose an opinion, we use the freedom of speech to share information. There are generally two ways of reporting a spoken idea: direct and indirect speech. This article shall explain and compare these two types of speech. Some examples are also provided to give you a more in-depth understanding.<h2 style="background-color: #ffdc81; border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) 1px 2px 3px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a3252; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 30px 0px 30px -30px; padding: 10px 20px;">Direct and Indirect Speech</h2>Both direct and <a data-lasso-id="891" href="https://7esl.com/reported-speech/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #089cc4; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;">indirect speech</a> are methods to narrate the words spoken by a specific person. The difference between them lies in how they are constructed and in the purpose of using them.<h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0979b8; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Direct Speech</h3>In a <a data-lasso-id="892" href="https://7esl.com/direct-speech/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #089cc4; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;">direct speech</a>, the actual words of the speaker are quoted explicitly. It is often used to relay something being said in the present tense. It can also be used to recall the exact words of the speaker when retelling a previous conversation. You can recognize a direct speech instantly because it has a text enclosed in a set of quotation marks. That text or idea is known as the <a data-lasso-id="893" href="https://7esl.com/reported-speech/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #089cc4; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;">reported speech</a>.Examples:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">He says, “I want to adopt a dog.”</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Julia asks, “What do you want to have for dinner?”</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Penny answers, “I would like to have some soup.”</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“I have a new job,” Kyle says to us.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“I will be working as a virtual assistant,” he added.</li></ul>As you can see, direct speech can be presented in different tenses: past, present, or future. It depends on when the actual words were spoken and when the reporter is retelling them. Also, reporting verbs (say, ask, answer, etc.) are not necessarily placed before the quoted text. You can also place them after it.This type of speech is often used in writing novels or telling a story. This is because it gives the text a more actual and realistic effect.<h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0979b8; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Indirect Speech</h3>Indirect speech is usually used to relay what was being said by the speaker without directly quoting the original words. In this case, the tense of the sentence is typically changed. Reporting verbs, such as say, tell, ask, and others, are used as an introduction. The words of the original speaker will not be enclosed inside the quotation marks. Instead, the word “that” is used to connect the reporting verb to the reported text.Examples:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">He says that he wants to adopt a dog.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Julia asks Penny what she wants for dinner.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Penny answers that she would like to have some soup.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Kyle told us that he got a new job.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">He added that he will be working as a virtual assistant.</li></ul>The above sentences are actually converted from the previous examples of direct speech. Aside from eliminating the quotation marks, correct pronouns are also used. Additionally, the reporting verbs are now all found before the reported speech. The reporting verb is then followed with “that.”<h2 style="background-color: #ffdc81; border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) 1px 2px 3px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a3252; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 30px 0px 30px -30px; padding: 10px 20px;">Converting Direct to Indirect Speech</h2>Now, let us specify the rules in converting direct speech to indirect speech. Here are the steps on how to do so:<h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0979b8; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="ez-toc-section" ez-toc-data-id="#1_Eliminate_the_quotation_marks_that_enclose_the_relayed_text" id="1_Eliminate_the_quotation_marks_that_enclose_the_relayed_text" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">1. Eliminate the quotation marks that enclose the relayed text.</h3>The <a data-lasso-id="894" href="https://7esl.com/quotation-marks/#:~:text=Quotation%20Marks-,What%20Are%20Quotation%20Marks,alternate%20use%20of%20a%20word." style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #089cc4; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;">quotation marks</a> are the primary indication of a direct speech. Therefore, it is crucial to take them out if you are forming an indirect one.<h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0979b8; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="ez-toc-section" ez-toc-data-id="#2_Retain_the_tense_of_the_reporting_verb_and_add_the_word_“that”_after_it" id="2_Retain_the_tense_of_the_reporting_verb_and_add_the_word_%E2%80%9Cthat%E2%80%9D_after_it" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">2. Retain the tense of the reporting verb and add the word “that” after it.</h3>You have to retain the tense of the <a data-lasso-id="895" href="https://7esl.com/introductory-verbs-reported-speech/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #089cc4; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;">reporting verb</a> to allow consistency of reports. Instead of placing a comma to separate the reporting clause from the reported one, the word “that” is added. However, if the reported speech is a yes-no question, you use “if” instead of “that.” If the question starts with who, what, when, where, etc., no additional words are needed. Instead, you have to rearrange the sentence into a declarative form.Example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct Speech: She says, “I want to go to Paris.”</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Indirect Speech: She says that she wants to go to Paris.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct Speech: She asks, “Do you want to go to Paris?”</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Indirect Speech: She asks me if I want to go to Paris.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct Speech: “Ms. Thompson, where are you going?” I asked.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Indirect Speech: I asked Ms. Thompson where she was going.</li></ul><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0979b8; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="ez-toc-section" ez-toc-data-id="#3_Change_the_tense_of_the_verb_in_the_reported_speech_if_needed" id="3_Change_the_tense_of_the_verb_in_the_reported_speech_if_needed" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">3. Change the tense of the verb in the reported speech, if needed.</h3>If the <a data-lasso-id="896" href="https://7esl.com/introductory-verbs-reported-speech/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #089cc4; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;">reporting verb</a> is in the past tense, you should change the tense of the verb inside the reported speech into its past tense. This is not necessary if the reporting verb is in the present or future tense.Examples:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct Speech: He said, “I am watching a new TV series.”</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Indirect Speech: He said that he was watching a new TV series.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct Speech: He says, “I am watching a new TV series.”</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Indirect Speech: He says that he is watching a new TV series.</li></ul>Of course, you have to consider the correlation between the report and the idea on the quoted text. Sometimes, a change in <a data-lasso-id="897" href="https://7esl.com/verb-tenses/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #089cc4; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;">tense</a> is not needed even if the reporting verb is in the past tense.Examples:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct Speech: He said, “I will be watching a new TV series.”</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Indirect Speech: He said that he will be watching a new TV series.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct Speech: He said, “I watch TV series every night.”</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Indirect Speech: He said that he watches TV series every night.</li></ul>For the first example, the quoted text is still about to happen. So, you don’t need to change the tense of the sentence inside the quotation. For the second example, watching TV series is implied as a habitual action. Therefore, you still have to retain the present tense of the verb.<h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0979b8; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">4. Change the pronouns accordingly.</h3>You should also change the pronoun based on who the speaker, doer, and receiver of the action is.Example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct Speech: Wendy says, “Ron, you should take care of yourself.”</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Indirect Speech: Wendy told Ron that he should take care of himself.</li></ul>Appropriate <a data-lasso-id="898" href="https://7esl.com/changes-pronouns-reported-speech/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #089cc4; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;">changing of pronouns</a> is done to avoid misunderstanding the whole text. If pronouns are not changed, it might confuse the reader or the listener as to who is saying or doing the action.The change in pronouns gives rise to changes in the plurality of the verb used. That being said, you have to consider and follow correct <a data-lasso-id="899" href="https://7esl.com/subject-verb-agreement/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #089cc4; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;">subject-verb agreement</a> at all times.<h2 style="background-color: #ffdc81; border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) 1px 2px 3px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a3252; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 30px 0px 30px -30px; padding: 10px 20px;">Tense Changes in Indirect Speech</h2><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-15561 entered lazyloaded" data-lazy-src="https://7esl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/reported-speech-tense-change-1.jpg" data-ll-status="loaded" height="2198" src="https://7esl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/reported-speech-tense-change-1.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1920" /><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0979b8; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Verb Tenses Changes</h3>Direct and Indirect SpeechPresent Simple Tense into Past Simple TenseFor example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: She always wears a coat.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: He said (that) she always wore a coat.</li></ul>Present Continuous Tense into Past Continuous TenseFor example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: I‘m looking for my keys.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: She said that she was looking for her keys.</li></ul>Present Perfect Tense into Past Perfect TenseFor example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: She has written three letters for her friend.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: He said she had written three letters for her friend.</li></ul>Past Simple Tense into Past Perfect TenseFor example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech:  My friend gave me a bar of chocolate.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: He said that his friend had given him a bar of chocolate.</li></ul>Past Continuous Tense into Past Perfect Continuous TenseFor example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: We were living in London.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: They said that they had been living in London.</li></ul>Past Perfect Tense (The tense remains unchanged)For example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: The bread had gone stale.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: She said the bread had gone stale.</li></ul>Future Simple Tense (e.g. will) into “would“For example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: I will finish my report in two days.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: He said that he would finish his report in two days.</li></ul>Future Progressive Tense (e.g. will be) into “would be“For example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: I will be making tea.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: He said (that) he would be making tea.</li></ul>Future Perfect Tense (e.g. will have) into “would have“For example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: I will have called a doctor.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: He said (that) she would have called a doctor.</li></ul>Future Perfect Tense (e.g. will have been) into “would have been“For example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: All the money will have been spent.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: He said (that) all the money would have been spent.</li></ul><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0979b8; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="ez-toc-section" ez-toc-data-id="#Other_Verb_Form_Changes_in_Reported_Speech" id="Other_Verb_Form_Changes_in_Reported_Speech" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Other Verb Form Changes in Reported Speech</h3>Direct and Indirect SpeechCan into CouldFor example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: I can speak English.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: She said she could speak English.</li></ul>Could (The verb remains unchanged)For example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: He could play in the match.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: They said he could play in the match.</li></ul>Have to into Had toFor example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: I have to submit this assignment by 3 pm tomorrow.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: She said she had to submit this assignment by 3 pm tomorrow.</li></ul>Must into Must/Had toFor example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: I must go to the bank and get some money.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: She said she must/had to go to the bank and get some money.</li></ul>May into MightFor example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: I may invite them to dinner.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: She said that she might invite them to the dinner.</li></ul>Might (The verb remains unchanged)For example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: He might get a flight tomorrow.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: She said he might get a flight the next day.</li></ul>Should (The verb remains unchanged)For example:<ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d1a26; font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Direct speech: I should start a job.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reported speech: She said that she should start a job.</li></ul><div> </div><div>Taken from: https://7esl.com/direct-speech/</div>

12 Direct & Indirect speech

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