10 examples of direct speech in English grammar
Direct speech is an important chapter of English language which students have to study from their secondary education to competitive exam preparation. Direct speech and indirect speech are parts of narration change. Narration is within syllabus for all level competitive exams which students learn during their secondary education. Direct speech means reporting the speech of the speaker in exact words as told by him/her. In various types of writing like dialogues, essays, poetry, prose, novels etc. we need to use direct speech. Even for writing answers students have to put some quotes into answers. So, they must learn how to use direct speech in different occasions and transform it into indirect speech properly.
Structure: subject+ reporting verb+ quotation mark+ reported speech
Examples: he said, “We will go to see the movie”.
In the sentence, he is subject, said is reporting verb and “we will go to see the movie” is reported speech.
Tense of reporting verb and reported speech can be different within direct speech. Students have to remember important points of putting comma, quotation mark in proper places within direct speech. Students have to transform from direct speech to indirect speech for their grammar lessons. There are different rules as per tense, person, pronoun, adverbs etc. for this narration change. Students must consider this rules for transforming one speech into another. They will learn better from the various examples of direct speech about how to form it.
Examples:
- He said, “I go for walk in every morning”.
- She says, “My sister likes dolls”.
- She said, “I want to learn swimming”.
- He said to me, “I want to join army”.
- She said, “I am playing guitar now”.
- My brother said, “I have finished my homework”.
- Nisha said, “I am going to market”.
- Divya said, “I don’t have enough money to buy a dress”.
- Ivan said, “I will arrive on Sunday”.
- They said, “We are playing basketball”.
All the sentences mentioned here are examples of direct speech.