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ELC-46th Day
Direct-Indirect Speech - Simple Sentences
Let's take three examples and see how the SON-Rule works:
| Example: Direct Speech | She says to him, "I have finished my work, and I am helping her." | |||||
| Example: Indirect Speech | She tells him that she has finished her work and she is helping her. | |||||
| Particulars | Pronoun's Details to decide the Pronoun word to be used in Indirect Speech | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pronoun of Reported Speech | I | my | I | her | ||
| Its Person | 1st Person | 1st Person | 1st Person | 3rd Person | ||
| Its Case | Nominative | Possessive | Nominative | No change | ||
| Will change according to_____of the Reporting Verb | Subject | Subject | Subject | No change | ||
| The Subject or Object of the Reporting Verb is: | She | She | She | No change | ||
| Person of the above Subject/Object | 3rd Person | 3rd Person | 3rd Person | No change | ||
| Case does not change, so we will remain: | Nominative | Possessive | Nominative | No change | ||
| Pronoun to be used in Indirect Speech of same Number/Person/Case | She | her | she | her | ||
| Example: Direct Speech | He says to you, "You give your books to me, and I have kept my notes with me." | |||||
| Example: Indirect Speech | He tells you that you give your books to him and he has kept his notes with him. | |||||
| Particulars | Pronoun's Details to decide the Pronoun word to be used in Indirect Speech | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pronoun of Reported Speech | you | your | me | I | my | me |
| Its Person | 2nd Person | 2nd Person | 1st Person | 1st Person | 1st Person | 1st Person |
| Its Case | Nominative | Possessive | Objective | Nominative | Possessive | Objective |
| Will change according to_____of the Reporting Verb | Object | Object | Subject | Subject | Subject | Subject |
| The Subject or Object of the Reporting Verb is: | You | You | He | He | He | He |
| Person of the above Subject/Object | 2nd Person | 2nd Person | 3rd Person | 3rd Person | 3rd Person | 3rd Person |
| Case does not change, so we will remain: | Nominative | Possessive | Objective | Nominative | Possessive | Objective |
| Pronoun to be used in Indirect Speech of same Number/Person/Case | You | your | him | he | his | him |
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