Direct, Indirect Speech (Narration) - Reported Speech - English Grammar - with Exercises & Quiz

In this lesson, you will learn all the rules for direct and indirect speech / reported speech (narration) in English grammar.

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[LearnEnglishLab]

Regarding ex 1: The proper grammatical form is to backshift the tense - "Sarah said that she drank..." although if this is a current habit, you can say "Sarah said that she drinks..." However, in this particular instance, we only have the sentence without the context, so we don't know when the sentence was spoken. What if Sarah said it two months ago and then gave up coffee? Her original words would still be "I drink black coffee every morning." But, we would only be correct in reporting, "Sarah said (two months ago) that she drank black coffee every morning." Remember that if you are unsure, just backshift the tense.
The exception is if the sentence contains a reference to a future time that has still not arrived. Ex: My friend Raj told me this morning, "I'm getting married next month." If I had to report this to another friend today, I would say, _Raj told me this morning that he's getting married next month._ Notice that _this morning_ and _next month_ stay the same because I'm reporting the sentence on the same day in the same month.

[LearnEnglishLab]

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[thecuriouskat]

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[athiranair]

Finally I have a clear picture on direct and indirect speech🤗
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[andreabrown]

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I had a query regarding example no. 6 and it would be really helpful if you could give your insights regarding that. The direct speech in question no 6 was - The kid told his parents, ''I was watching TV and the power went out.'' and The Indirect speech of the given problem I had come up with was - The kid complained to his parents that the power had gone out when he had been watching tv.
It would be really helpful if you could tell me whether I am wrong here or not. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks in advance Sir : ).

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I got 7/10 in the quiz
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Sir, I have always been confused about usage of IF & IN CASE.
Tense to be used with IN CASE cofuses even more. Sometimes only present tense is suggested and sometimes present and past tense, both.
Plz take pains to explain it, sir.
I hope my confusion is going to end here with your magical explanation.
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[prakharpatel]

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