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09.06.2011 · Pronouns. A change of speaker may mean a change of pronoun. Study the following sentences: Alice (on Sunday evening): I don’t like this party. I want to go home now. Peter (on Monday morning reports what Alice said on Sunday): Alice said that she didn’t like the party, and she wanted to go home.. In the examples given above, Alice says I to refer to herself.

1. First person pronouns (I, we, me, mine, us, ours) normally change to the third person (he, she, they, his ...

Changes of Pronouns in Reported Speech ; Direct speech: He said, “I don't want to shock people”; Reported speech: He said that he didn't want to shock people.

Rules for the change of Pronouns. 1. First person pronouns (I, we, me, mine, us, ours) normally change to the third person (he, she, they, his, her, their, him, her, them). He told her, "I want to meet your father." He told her that he wanted to meet her father. 2. There will be no change in the pronoun when the speaker reports his own words.

26.12.2017 · The pronoun of reported speech changed according to the pronoun of reporting verb of the sentence. There are four easy rules for the change in pronoun in Indirect Speech. Rule No. 1: The 1st Person pronoun of reported Speech (e.g. We, I, Me, My, Mine, Us, or our) is changed according to the Pronoun of the reporting verb if it is 3rd person ...

The pronoun of the reported speech is changed according to the pronoun (subject or object) of the reporting verb. There are four easy rules for changing pronouns indirect …

Rule 1. If the reported speech has 1st person pronoun (e.g., I, we, me, my, mine, us, our), and the reporting verb ...

09.12.2009 · First person pronouns in the direct speech change according to the subject of the reporting verb in the indirect speech.. Direct: He said, ‘I am busy.’ Indirect: He said that he was busy. Direct: She said, ‘I am unwell.’ Indirect: She said that she was unwell. Direct: I said, ‘I will be late.’ Indirect: I said that I would be late. Direct: They said, ‘We will not permit this.’

First person pronouns in the direct speech change according to the subject of the reporting verb in the indirect speech. Direct: He said, 'I am busy.'

In narration pronouns should be changed while converting direct to indirect or indirect to direct speech. Pronoun change occurs from first or second to ...

Jun 09, 2011 · A change of speaker may mean a change of pronoun. Alice (on Sunday evening): I don’t like this party. I want to go home now. Peter (on Monday morning reports what Alice said on Sunday): Alice said that she didn’t like the party, and she wanted to go home.

There are four easy rules for changing pronouns indirect speech, as follows: Rule 1. If the reported speech has 1st person pronoun (e.g., I, we, me, my, mine, us, our), and the reporting verb has 3rd person pronoun (e.g., he, she, they, it, his, her, their, its), the pronoun of the reported speech is changed according to the pronoun (subject) of the reporting verb .

In indirect speech, you need to be careful with personal pronouns. They need to be changed according to the situation. You need to know the context. For example, there is possible confusion when you try to change reported speech to direct speech: She said she‘d been waiting for hours.

Time and place must often change when ing from direct to reported speech. ... In general, personal pronouns change to the third person singular or plural, ...

1. First person pronouns (I, we, me, mine, us, ours) normally change to the third person (he, she, they, his, her, their, him, her, them). He told her, " I want to meet your father." He told her that he wanted to meet her father. 2. There will be no change in the pronoun when the speaker reports his own words. I said, " I am going."

First person pronouns in the direct speech change according to the subject of the reporting verb in the indirect speech. Direct: He said, ‘I am busy.’ Indirect: He said that he was busy. Direct: She said, ‘I am unwell.’ Indirect: She said that she was unwell. Direct: I said, ‘I will be late.’ Indirect: I said that I would be late.