Direct & Indirect - Rules

 Rules

Direct to Indirect speech

1. Speaker (no change)
2. Reporting verb 
3. Listener
4. Remove , " "
5. Conjunction
6. Pronoun
7. Tense
8. Time

Rule -1

Sentence	Reporting verb	conjunction
Assertive	Says – says Said – said Said to - told	that
Interrogative	Said to – asked	Wh – wh Others – if / whether
Imperative	Said to – requested (please), ordered (don’t, must, should), advised	to
Exclamatory	Exclaimed with joy/sorrow	that

 Rule-2

PRONOUN CHANGE

DIRECT	INDIRECT
I	HE/ SHE
WE	THEY
YOU (S)	HE  / SHE  / THEY
YOU (O)	HIM  / HER   / THEM
MY	HIS  / HER
ME	HIM  / HER
OUR	THEIR
YOUR	HIS   / HER  / THEIR
US	THEM

Rule -3

Rule -4 

TIME