Animal Instincts and Human Nature · Vocabulary & Language

Grammatical Precision: Reported Speech

Mastering the transformation of direct dialogue into reported speech for narrative and news writing.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do tense changes in reported speech reflect the passage of time from the original utterance?
  2. 2What is the impact of changing deictic words like 'here' and 'now' on the meaning of a sentence?
  3. 3How can reporting verbs like 'insisted' or 'denied' add nuance to a summary of a conversation?

CBSE Learning Outcomes

CBSE: Grammar - Reported Speech - Class 10
Class: Class 10
Subject: English
Unit: Animal Instincts and Human Nature
Period: Vocabulary & Language

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