Sir, how to tell words of a person, who told me to other?

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Very simple. It is called Direct and Indirect Speech. Let see a conversation in a family consisting of Father-F, Mother-M, Son-S and Daughter - D. Father(F) says to Mother(M), " I(F) am happy". "He(S) is not happy" "Is she(D) happy?" "Are you(M) not happy?" "Why are we(F&M) happy?" "Why...
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Very simple. It is called Direct and Indirect Speech. Let see a conversation in a family consisting of Father-F, Mother-M, Son-S and Daughter - D. Father(F) says to Mother(M), " I(F) am happy". "He(S) is not happy" "Is she(D) happy?" "Are you(M) not happy?" "Why are we(F&M) happy?" "Why are they(S&D) not happy?" Now Mother Repeats to Father and Reporting Speech is in Present.Tense. You(F) say to me(M) THAT You(F) are happy. You (F) say to me(M) THAT he(S) is not happy You (F) ask me(M) IF she(D) is happy You (F) ask me(M) IF I(M) am not happy You (F) ask me(M) WHY we (F&M) are happy You (F) ask me(M) WHY they (F&M) are not happy If Reporting Speech is in Past Tense,then You(F) said to me(M) THAT You(F) were happy. You (F) said to me(M) THAT he(S) was not happy You (F) asked me(M) IF she(D) was happy You (F) asked me(M) IF I(M) was not happy You (F) asked me(M) WHY we (F&M) were happy You (F) asked me(M) WHY they (F&M) were not happy Note: Normal sentence will have "THAT" Questions with "Yes or No" replies will have "If or Whether" Normal Questions will have same "Who/What/How/Where/When/Why" To Continue....... read less
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Make use of indirect speech viz "Dont go near the wild animals", the zoo-keeper warned the people( direct speech). If it is indirect speech you will say the zoo- keeper warned the people not to go near the wild animals..... I hope the difference is now clear :)
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Kindly go through a chapter entitled Direct and Indirect Speech in any of the grammar book at your disposition.These speaking skills will take time and practice to be perfected.Newspaper and Magazine interviews can be utilised for additional practice and don't recoil with any error.Wish you all the...
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