Direct Speech
Category : 5th Class
Presenting the words of a speaker is called narration. Narration may be of two types:
(i) Direct Speech
(ii) Indirect Speech
When the actual or exact words of a speaker is presented, it is called Direct Speech.
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:
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."
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