Direct And Indirect Speech Exercises Present Tense. Download this quiz in pdf here. Direct and indirect speech.
If direct is simple present in indirect it becomes simple past exampledirect speechshe said i live in delhi indirect speechshe said that she lived in delhinote in direct speech we use live in indirect speech we use lived questionshe said i like ice cream a he said that he liked ice creamexp. Although the reporting verb is in the past tense a present tense is possible in the reported speech if the original speaker and the reporter are in the same situation. He says will say he is unwell.
The sentence in indirect speech is in simple past passive tense.
In order to do this you can use the grammar structure named direct or quoted speech or indirect or reported speech. If the reporting verb is in the present or future tense the tenses of the direct speech do not change. The sentence in indirect speech is in simple past passive tense. In direct speech the sentence will change to simple present.
