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English: Direct and Indirect Speech

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This deck covers examples of converting direct speech to indirect speech and vice versa, focusing on common transformations in English grammar.

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He said,’South Africa is beautiful.’

Example: He said South Africa was beautiful.
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He said,’South Africa is beautiful.’
Example: He said South Africa was beautiful.
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‘Thembi, you must book the tickets today.’
He said that Thembi must book the tickets that day.
He says Thembi must book those tickets now.
He says, ‘Thembi, you must book those tickets now.’
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Thembi asked where he had found the tickets. Thembi asked if the tickets were expensive.
Thembi asked, ‘Where did you find the tickets?’ Thembi asked, ‘Were the tickets expensive?’
‘Oh! It is worth every cent!’ he shouted.
He shouted with pleasure that it was worth every cent.
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English: Direct and Indirect Speech
TermDefinition
He said,’South Africa is beautiful.’
Example: He said South Africa was beautiful.
‘Thembi, you must book the tickets today.’
He said that Thembi must book the tickets that day.
He says Thembi must book those tickets now.
He says, ‘Thembi, you must book those tickets now.’
Thembi asked where he had found the tickets. Thembi asked if the tickets were expensive.
Thembi asked, ‘Where did you find the tickets?’ Thembi asked, ‘Were the tickets expensive?’
‘Oh! It is worth every cent!’ he shouted.
He shouted with pleasure that it was worth every cent.