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Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Grammar - Converting Direct Speech to Indirect — Flashcards

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When converting speech from direct to indirect, change the present tense verbs to the past tense. If the direct speech is written in simple past tense, you just remove the punctuation and change the verb to past perfect to make it indirect speech.

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Indirect speech is when one quotes the exact words spoken by a speaker.
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