LEARNING TO CHANGE NARRATION/SPEECH

Narration/Speech

In order to turn a direct speech into an indirect speech,the following things of reported speech will have to change also:

a.person of subject , object and possessive adjective.

b.tense of verb

c.some adjective and adverb

How to change person

1.If there is first person word (I,We,me,us,my,our) in reported speech,the word will be changed according to the person and number and gender of the subject of reporting verb.

2.If there is second person word (you,your) in reported speech ,the word  will be changed according to the person and number and gender of the object of reporting verb.

3.If there is third person word( he,him,his,she,her,they,them,their,it,its,noun etc) in reported speech,the word will not be changed.

How to change tense of verb

1.If the reporting verb is in present tense or future tense,the tense of the verb of reported speech will be unchanged.

2.If the reported speech express any habitual fact or univesal truth in present tense,despite the reporting verb is in past tense,the tense of verb of reported speech will be unchanged.

3.If the reporting verb is in past tense ,the tense of the verb of reported speech will be changea in the following way:

a.present/future simple will be past simple

b.present/future continuous will be past continuous

c.present/future perfect will be past perfect

d.present/future perfect continuous will be past perfect continuous

e.past simple will be past perfect

f.past continuous will be past perfect continuous

past perfect and past perfect continuous will be unchanged.

Modals will be changed in the bellow way

  can...................................................................................................... could,

  shall.....................................................................................................should,

   may....................................................................................................might,

   will ................................................................................................... would,

    must .................................................................................................had to

    (could,should .would,might,used to ,ought to ,had to remain unchanged.)