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Speech and Voices Questions
Speech and Voices Questions
The functions of Speech and Voices Questions and language are interrelated on the grounds of English communication. On this page we’ll learn to solve Speech and Voices Questions
Voices
voice of words or verbs tells the state of action or the exaggeration and emphasis laid on the same. Voice expresses arguments between subject and object. The sentence is in active voice when the subject is taken as the doer of the action. Whereas, the sentence is in passive voice when the subject is the aim or the undergoer of the action.
Speech
speech is for expressing thoughts and ideas orally or in a communicative manner. There are two types of speech in English language, direct and indirect speech. Direct speech takes the exact words or phrase spoken. Indirect speech is often used to describe past experiences or actions. So, usually the tense in the sentence is changed here and reporting verbs such as ask, tell, say, etc. are used to report the action.
Rules for Speech and Voices Questions –
Rule 1 – Converting Direct to Indirect – Reporting Verb
- When a reporting verb in the direct speech sentence is in past tense, then while converting it to indirect speech, all present tense transforms to past tense.
- For Example:
Direct: He said ” I am playing guitar”
Indirect: He said (+ that) he was playing guitar.
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Exceptions:
- While translating to indirect speech, the tense remain the same if the direct sentence talks about any universal fact.
- For Example:
Direct: She said, “We cannot live without food”.
Indirect: She said that we cannot live without food.
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- When a reporting verb in the direct speech sentence is in present tense or future tense, then while converting it to indirect speech, the tense doesn’t change to past.
- For Example:
Direct: He says/will say, “I will come tomorrow”
Indirect: He says/will say He will come tomorrow.
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Rule 2 – Converting Direct to Indirect – Present to Past
- Simple Present Changes to Simple Past
- For Example:
Direct: My mother said “I am in the market”
Indirect: My mother said that she was in the market.
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- Present Perfect Changes to Past Perfect.
- For example:
Direct: “I have been dancing all day” she said.
Indirect: She told me she had been dancing all day.
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- Present Continuous Changes to Past Continuous
- For Example:
Direct: “I am cleaning the house“, she said.
Indirect: She said that she was cleaning the house.
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- Present Perfect Changes to Past Perfect
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Direct: He said, “His team has won the match”
Indirect: He said that his team had won the match.
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Rule 3 – Converting Direct to Indirect – Past and Future Tense
- Simple Past Changes to Past Perfect
- For Example:
Direct: Mary said “I went to the market”
Indirect: Mary said that she had gone to the market.
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- Past Continuous Changes to Past Perfect Continuous
- For Example:
Direct: Karan told, “He was playing guitar”.
Indirect: Karan told he had been playing guitar.
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- Future Changes to Present Conditional
- For Example:
Direct: She said, “I will play piano tomorrow at the auditorium”
Indirect: She said that she would play piano the next day at the auditorium.
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- Future Continuous Changes to Conditional Continuous
- For Example:
Direct: She said, “I’ll be leaving the office next week”
Indirect: She said that she would be leaving the office the following week.
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