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q= tfliTr E Could.

Direct : He said. "l can solve these sums easily."

Indirect :
He said that he could solue those sums easily.
qrdr
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May
i Mtght.
Direct : She said, "It may rain in the evening."
Indirect :
She said that it might rainin the evening.
Verbs/Modals * Corresponding Past Form qfr ilrkfir
(tttlth' write' as an exampLe)

ThoVerb
{nReportedSpeech

wnte'

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lndirect Speech

C orr e s p

wrote

Write/writes
is/am/are
do not/ does not
.

has/have

writing
write
written

has/have been
twrote

!'nting

was/were

writing
write
write
write
write

did not

shall/will
can
mav

writing

was/were

did

not

v/rite

had
hadbeen
had

had
had

been

not

would
could

might

written
writing
written
writing
written
write
write
write

EF Rule 2 $ s{ErqrE :
(o) qR Reporting Speech

{ Universal Truth (qrdt*fro ss) e{uQI Habitual Fact

qsh
(s{rEd) sT
f*-sT 'rcr d, d ss* Tense n srH yRq-& rS *orr
l. Dlrect ;
Our teacher said, "We all live on the earth."
Indirect :
Our teacher said that we all live on the earth.
(UniuersalTruth)

2. Direct :
Indirect :

Mamta said to me. "l write rvith my left hand."

Mamta told me that she writes with her left hand.

i' past Historical Fact (Trsrm + ffi qffiTtr*

rrqr 61, dl s{rd Tense t e.ri cnt*& rfr trarr
Direct : The History-teacher said, "Asoka renounced war after the

(b) qR Reporting speech

q"il t*q

conquest of Kalinga."
The History-teacher said that Asoka renounced war after the
conquest of X"nrrgr.
(c) qi< Reporting Speech q q* at sTq q{.6ri qtcl <r actions qr qutq t+qr rrqr A.

Indlrect :

al

B-{-+ Tense

s}i

Direet

Indirect

qni{d-{q

rfr

aran

She said, "My mother was making tea while I was bathing."

She said that her mother was making tea while she was
bathing
(4 qfq Reporting Speech q ffi Imagined Condition tqefuq fip{h) +l Eofi
Gnqr rrqr Ei, d ssd Tense
6H cne-& ra erenr
Direct : He said. "lf I were rich. I would help her."
Indlrect :
He said that if he were rich he would help her.