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Direct Speech

Advanced Grammar upper_intermediate medium

The speaker's exact words inside quotation marks.

Advanced Grammar — Voice, narration, clauses and conditionals.

Rules

1. Exact words of the speaker, inside quotation marks. 2. A reporting verb (said, asked) comes before or after. 3. Comma before the opening quote; capital letter at the start of the quote. 4. Example: She said, "I am happy."

Explanation

Direct speech quotes verbatim. Punctuation: She said, "I am happy."

हिंदी में

Direct speech में बोलने वाले के शब्द ज्यों-के-त्यों उद्धरण चिह्नों में लिखे जाते हैं।

Examples

She said, "I am happy." — उसने कहा, "मैं खुश हूँ।"
"Where are you going?" he asked. — "तुम कहाँ जा रहे हो?" उसने पूछा।

Common Mistakes

{"mistake":"She said, I am happy.","correction":"She said, \"I am happy.\"","note":"Quoted words need quotation marks."}

Practice Questions

Q1. Which is written in direct speech?

She said, "I am happy."
She said that she was happy.
She said she was happy.
She told me she was happy.

Answer: She said, "I am happy."

💡 Direct speech quotes the exact words in quotation marks.

Q2. Ravi said, '___ am your friend.' (complete with the right pronoun)

Answer: I

💡 In direct speech we keep the speaker's exact words — Ravi says 'I'.

Q3. Correct the punctuation: 'he said i am going to market'

Answer: He said, 'I am going to market.'

💡 Capitalize 'He', add a comma after 'said', and put the exact words in quotation marks.

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Related Topics in Advanced Grammar

Topic	Level	What it covers
Active & Passive Voice	upper_intermediate	Who does the action (active) vs who receives it (passive).
Direct & Indirect Speech	upper_intermediate	Reporting what someone said, word-for-word or in your own words.
Active Voice	intermediate	The subject performs the action.
Passive Voice	upper_intermediate	The object becomes the subject; the doer moves to "by".
Indirect Speech	upper_intermediate	Reporting the meaning of speech without quotes.
Question Formation	elementary	Building yes/no and wh- questions.

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