5th Class English Narration Direct Speech

       Introduction

Presenting the words of a speaker is called narration. Narration may be of two types:

(i) Direct Speech

(ii) Indirect Speech  

       Direct Speech

When the actual or exact words of a speaker is presented, it is called Direct Speech.

•   Monu said, "Mamta lives in London."
•   Monu said that Mamta lived in London.

These two sentences refer to the two ways of reporting the words of a speaker. In sentence 1, the actual or exact words of the speaker is presented. This speech is called Direct Speech.

NOTE:

•   In Direct Speech the actual words of the speaker are put within inverted commas (" ")                                                    
•   The sentence within inverted commas begins with a capital letter.  

There are two parts of a sentence in direct speech.  

            Reporting Verb

The first part of the sentence in Direct Speech is called Reporting Verb.

For Example: In the sentence, Monu said, "Mamta lives in London", 'Monu said' is the reported verb.  

            Reported Speech

The actual words of the speaker put within inverted commas are called Reported Speech.

For Example: "Mamta lives in London."