Narration Change

Assertive Sentence

(The boy says, )"I am going to my friend's house"

Says + reporting verb

Reported Speech is in inverted commas

Direct speech theke indirect speech এ পরিণত করার সময় 

1. Inverted commas উঠে যাবে indirect speech এ

2. Reporting verb এর tense কখনো পরিবর্তন হবে না।

3. Indirect speech এ reporting verb এর পর একটা linker ব্যবহার করতে হবে।

4. Inverted commas এর মধ্যে যে প্রথম অক্ষর টি বড় হাতের থাকে ওটা ছোট হাতের করতে হবে।

5. বাক্যের subject অনুযায়ী pronoun এর পরিবর্তন করতে হবে।

6. Reporting verb এর tense অনুযায়ী reported speech এর verb এর পরিবর্তন করতে হবে।

Sumit said, " I am very busy".

Sumit said that he was very busy.

I - he/she

You(subject) - he/she

Me - him/her

You(object) - him/her

My - his/her

Your - his/her

We - they

You (subject, plural) - they

Us - them

You (object, plural) - them

Our- their

Your- their

Direct speech indirect speech

Present indifinite - past indifinite

Present continuous - past continuous

Present perfect - past perfect

Present perfect continuous - past perfect    

                                                    continuous

Past indifinite - past perfect

Past continuous - past prfect continuous

Shall/will - should/would

Can/may - could /might

Now - then 

Ago - before

Today - that day

Yesterday - the previous day

Tomorrow - the next day

Last night - the previous night

Here - there

Hence - thence

This - that

These - those

Thus - that way/so

Said to - Told

Direct speech - He said, " I want a pen."

Indirect speech - He said that he wanted a pen. 

He said, "I do this."

He said that he did that

He said, "I am reading English book now."

He said he was reading English book then. 

He said, "I have been reading newspaper.

He said that he had been reading newspaper

Amir said to his sister, "You are fine."

Amir told his sirter that she was fine

Rabi said, " They were making a noise."

Rabi said that they had been making a noise.

He said, "I shall go there."

He said that he should go there.

*Home task*

 1. I said, " I shall go to the market today."

 I said that I should go to the market that day

 2. Papai said to his friend, "Our school was closed yesterday."

 Papai told his his friend that their school had closed the previous day

 3. Kabir said to his mother, "Our team has won the match."

 Kabir told his mothar that their team had won the match 

 4. He says, "I know the story."

 He says that he knows the story

 5. He will say, "I am busy."

 He will say that he is busy

 6. Prasun said to me, "You will meet me tomorrow."

 Prasun told me that I would meet him the nex day

 7. She said, "We went to the zoo yesterday."

 She said that they had gone to the zoo the previous day

 8. Brother said to me, "I came here."

 9. He said, "We should do our duties."

 He said that we should do our duties

 10. He said to me," you are a good boy."

1. Rahul said, "I go to school by bus."

2. She said, "I am drinking water."

3. Roma said, I have been reading books."

4. He said, Mala knows everything."

5. Riya said, " I did it."

6. He said, "I am feeling well."

7. He said, "I don't know."

8. I said, "I will go with him."

9. Pia said to Ria, "The shop is closed today."

10. Sunil sais, "I shall play cricket."

11. Mother said, "The earth is round."

12. He said, I am walking now."