2. Direct & Indirect Speech, Change of Pronoun, Narration of 10th English B by AG Ahmad

 

Narration

Direct & Indirect Speech

iii) Change of Pronoun

i. First Person Pronoun (I, My, Me, Myself, We, Our, Us, Ourselves)

The first person pronoun of the reported speech is changed according to

the subject of the reporting speech, such as,

Direct Speech: -     He said to me, “I am doing my work.”

Indirect Speech: - He told me that he was doing his work.

ii. Second Person Pronoun (You, Your, You, Yourself/ Yourselves)

The second person pronoun of the reported speech is changed according to

the object of the reporting speech, such as,

Direct Speech: -     He said to me, “You are doing your work.”

Indirect Speech: - He told me that I was doing my work.

iii. Third Person Pronoun 

(She, Her, Her, Herself, He, His, Him, Himself,

They, Their, Them, Themselves, It, Its, It, Itself)

The third person pronoun of the reported speech is not changed, such as,

Ø        Direct Speech: -       He said, “She is doing her work.”

Indirect Speech: - He said that she was doing her work.

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