![]() ![]() Indirect – She says the we/they should have some food.ĭirect – He said, “Let us help the children.” Indirect – Brie proposed that they/we should go.ĭirect – She says, “Let’s have some food.” Indirect – We suggested that we should find him. Use the verb and the object of the reported speech.Īs, Indirect – I suggested that we should play chess. Use the modal verb ‘should’ after the subject ‘we’ or ‘they’.Īs, Indirect – I suggested that we should. So for the word us, ‘we’ is used in the narration as the subject of the clause after ‘that’. Remember: Here in the direct narration (reported speech) ‘Let’s’ is used. Use only ‘we’ when the subject of the reporting verb is a first person, and use either ‘we’ or ‘they’ when the subject is a third person. Use ‘we’ or ‘they’ as the subject after the conjunction ‘that’ removing the word ‘let’. If the reported speech starts with ‘Let us’ or ‘Let’s’:ĭirect – I said, “Let’s play chess.” Īs ‘Let’s’ or ‘Let us’ denotes a suggestion or a proposal, the reporting verb ( say/says/said) will be replaced with - suggest/suggests/suggested or, propose/proposes/proposed followed by a ‘that’. #1: Indirect Narration of a Speech Starting in ‘ Let’: ![]()
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