Direct & Indirect Speech – Topper Crown Edition
■ Why This Edition is Better
Premium clean formatting, short revision boxes on every page, full English explanations, practice
questions, and topper tips included.
■ Basic Concept
Direct Speech means the exact words spoken placed inside quotation marks. Indirect Speech reports
the same meaning without quoting exact words.
■ Sentence Type Rules
Formula: Reporting Verb + Connector + Changed Sentence. Statements use 'that'. Questions use
'if/whether' or WH-words. Orders use 'told/ordered + to'. Requests use 'requested + to'.
■ Pronoun Change
First person changes according to subject. Second person changes according to object. Third person
usually remains same.
■ Tense Change
Present becomes past. Present continuous → past continuous. Present perfect → past perfect. 'Will'
becomes 'would'. Universal truths do not change.
■ Time Word Change
now → then, today → that day, tomorrow → next day, yesterday → previous day, here → there.
■ Why This Edition is Better
Premium clean formatting, short revision boxes on every page, full English explanations, practice
questions, and topper tips included.
■ Basic Concept
Direct Speech means the exact words spoken placed inside quotation marks. Indirect Speech reports
the same meaning without quoting exact words.
■ Sentence Type Rules
Formula: Reporting Verb + Connector + Changed Sentence. Statements use 'that'. Questions use
'if/whether' or WH-words. Orders use 'told/ordered + to'. Requests use 'requested + to'.
■ Pronoun Change
First person changes according to subject. Second person changes according to object. Third person
usually remains same.
■ Tense Change
Present becomes past. Present continuous → past continuous. Present perfect → past perfect. 'Will'
becomes 'would'. Universal truths do not change.
■ Time Word Change
now → then, today → that day, tomorrow → next day, yesterday → previous day, here → there.
