what are direct and indirect speech
Asked by afshanatther
| 17th Dec, 2015,
08:44: PM
Expert Answer:
Sentence 1: Mother said, "Jamie, please take off your jacket and sit near the fireplace,"
Sentence 2: Mother asked Jamie to take off her jacket and sit near the fireplace.
Sentence 1 is an example of direct speech while sentence 2 is an example of the reported (indirect) version of sentence 1.
Direct Speech: Reports or quotes the exact words spoken. It uses quotation marks (" ") to state the exact words.
Indirect Speech: Is used to talk about what has been spoken by someone in the past. It uses a reporting verb (said, asked) to introduce the reported words.
Answered by Snehal Naik
| 18th Dec, 2015,
10:34: AM
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