4. KIND
THERE ARE TWO
TYPE OF
NARRATION.
DIRECT NARRATION
INDIRECT
NARRATION
5. DIRECT NARRATION
The reporter provides information
in the sentence of Narrator in the
two parts.
Reporting part
Reported part
Example-
He said, “I am going to
school.”
7. RULE TO CHANGE
Direct to
indirect -
Remove inverted
coma.
Add reported
speech using that.
Change the
subject.
Change the tense
according to
reporting speech.
Indirect to direct
-
Add inverted
coma in reported
speech.
Remove that.
Change subject
with tense.
8. EXAMPLE -
Direct Narration-
Ashok said, “I write a
letter.”
He said, “I am
playing the match.”
You said, “I have
eaten the food.”
Indirect Narration-
Ashok said that he
wrote a letter.
He said that he was
playing the match.
You said that you had
eaten the food.