Passage Narration #ssc #hsc2025

🔁 Passage Narration (Definition) Passage narration means changing a paragraph written in Direct Speech into Indirect (Reported) Speech without changing the meaning. 🧭 STEP-BY-STEP RULES ✅ STEP 1: Read the whole passage carefully Understand who is speaking Identify: Speaker Listener Tense Mood (statement, question, order, request) 📌 Do not narrate sentence by sentence blindly. ✅ STEP 2: Change the reporting verb Choose correct reporting verbs according to the sentence type: Direct SpeechReporting VerbSaidsaid / toldAskedasked / inquiredOrderedordered / commandedRequestedrequested / beggedAdvisedadvisedExclaimedexclaimed with joy/sorrow 📌 Use told when an object (person) is mentioned. ✅ STEP 3: Change pronouns Change pronouns according to sense: DirectIndirectI / wehe / she / theyYouhe / she / IMyhis / herOurtheir 📌 Golden Rule: First person → subject of reporting verb Second person → object of reporting verb Third person → no change ✅ STEP 4: Change tense (if needed) If the reporting verb is in the past, change tense: Direct SpeechIndirect SpeechPresentPastPastPast perfectWillWouldCanCouldMayMight 📌 No tense change if: Reporting verb is present/future Statement is a universal truth ✅ STEP 5: Change time & place words DirectIndirectNowthenTodaythat dayYesterdaythe previous dayTomorrowthe next dayHerethereThisthat ✅ STEP 6: Remove quotation marks Remove “ ” Use that / if / whether / to where necessary ✅ STEP 7: Join the sentences logically Avoid repeating “he said” Combine meaning smoothly Use connectors like: that and then also 📘 EXAMPLE (Passage Narration) Direct Speech: The teacher said, “I am proud of you. You have done well. Keep it up.” Step-by-step changes: said → said I → he you → the students am → was have done → had done Indirect Speech: ✔️ The teacher said that he was proud of the students and that they had done well and advised them to keep it up. 📘 Another Example (Question + Statement) Direct: Rahim said to Karim, “Where are you going now? I will go with you.” Indirect: ✔️ Rahim asked Karim where he was going then and said that he would go with him. 🧠 Common Mistakes to Avoid ❌ Narrating line by line ❌ Forgetting pronoun change ❌ Wrong tense change ❌ Repeating “he said that… he said that…” ✨ One-line Exam Tip Read → Identify → Change verb → Change pronoun → Change tense → Join smoothly If you want, I can: Give board-exam style passages Provide Bangla explanation Share practice questions with answers Just tell me 😊