10 example of direct and indirect speech

10 Example of direct and indirect speech

First, I am gonna tell you what is direct and indirect speech and we will see the example of 10 direct and 10 indirect speech. direct speech used when you want to repeat the exact words spoken. Example : He said, "I don't want to go home". Another example : I already said to him " please go away". I am sure that it is very simple to be understood, so let's move to indirect speech. Indirect speech used by changing the perspective of the speech. It is also called reported speech. I am sure this example will make you understand : he said that he want to go home. another example: he said that my dog was ugly and I am so mad about it.

Ok, I think you are already understand about direct and indirect speech. Before I give you example about 10 direct and indirect speech, let me show you how to change direct speech into indirect speech and vice versa.

What to be considered when changing type of speech:

1. Subject
2. Tense
3. conjuction

Example how to change direct to indirect speech

direct speech    : I heard he said, "I don't want to spend holidays in Bali"
indirect speech : I heard he said that he didn't want to spend holidays in bali

Example how to change indirect to direct speech

direct speech    : I said to him that Bali was a good and cheap spot.
indirect speech : I said to him, "Bali is a good and cheap spot"

Now, I want to give you 10 example of direct and indirect speech. Every direct speech example will be converted to indirect speech as well and vice versa.

10 Example of direct and indirect speech:

a. 10 example of direct speech

1. Amy said, "I have a good idea about activity on next holidays"

       indirect: Amy said that she had a good idea about activity on next holidays

2. I asked Amy, "what is your idea?"

      indirect : I asked Amy what was her idea.

3. Amy said, "I will tell you but don't tell anyone else about it"

    indirect : Amy said that she would tell me but she did not want me to tell anyone else about it.

4. I said "ok, I agree"

    indirect : I said that I agreed

5. Amy said, " My grandmother is live in Bali and she is alone in her house"

    indirect : Amy said that her grandmother was live in Bali and she was alone in her house

6. Amy said, "Why don't you go to Bali with me and stay in my grandmother house?"

    indirect : Amy asked me if I wanted to go to Bali with her and stayed in her grandmother house.

7. I said, "it is a good idea."

   indirect : I said that it was a good idea.

8. Then I said, "by the way, when will you go to Bali?"

   indirect: I asked when Amy would go to Bali.

9. Amy said, " I will go to Bali next week"

   indirect : Amy said that she would go to Bali next week.

10. I said, "Ok, I think I will join you"

   indirect : I said that I thought I would join her.

b. 10 example of indirect speech

1. Ardan said that he wanted to buy new smartphone

    direct : Ardan said, "I want to buy new smartphone"

2. I asked him if he had enough money to buy new smartphone

    direct : I said, "do yo have enough money to buy new smartphone?"

3. Ardan said that he did not have much money but his friend sold cheap smartphones

    direct : Ardan said, "I don't have much money but my friend sell cheap smartphone"

4. I asked if the smart phone was really new

    direct : I said, "is it really new?"

5. Ardan said that it was completely new and actually expensive but his friend was offering him discount

    direct : Ardan said, "It is completely new and actually expensive but I my friend is offering me discount"

6. I asked how much discount he would get.

    direct : I said, "how much discount you will get?"

7. Ardan said that his friend was offering him 30 percent discount.

    direct : Ardan said, "My friend is offering me 30 percent discount"

8. I said that it was crazy

    direct : I said, " It is crazy"

9. Ardan said that his friend was so kind

    direct : Ardan said, "My friend is so kind"

10. I said that I agreed about what he said.

    direct : I said, "I agree about what you say"

I hope this 10 example of direct and indirect speech will help you understand more about english speech guys. don't forget to leave comment if you want to correct me. See you in the next post.