Direct and Indirect Speech

Direct and Indirect Speech

By Ms Muti

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• Direct Speech

• Orientation

• Past Tenses

• Characters

• Resolution

Direct Speech

Direct speech repeats or quotes the exact words spoken. 

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When we use direct speech in writing, we place the words spoken between quotation marks (" ") and there is no change in these words.

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We may be reporting something that's being said NOW.

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Direct and Indirect Speeches

inDirect Speech

Reported or indirect speech is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken. 

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We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to introduce the reported words.

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Inverted commas are not used.

Direct and Indirect Speeches

Also called as "Reported Speech".

​Example:

Anna said that she was hungry."​

Clint asked Nat if she would help him.​

Indirect Speech

Direct and Indirect Speeches

Direct and Indirect Speeches

Direct Speech

Also called as "Quoted Speech".

Example:

Anna said, "I'm hungry."​

"Will you help me?" ​asked Clint.

Multiple Choice

Which one is a direct speech?

• He advised his young brother to study hard.

• Ronal asked Aning what she was doing.

• He wanted to know how I had done that.

• He asked me if I was very busy.

• I said, “I will leave the country.”

Multiple Choice

Which one is an indirect speech?

• He said to his sister, “Don’t go there.”

• She says to her friend, “I have been waiting.”

• You said, “He is a teacher.”

• Desi ordered her friend to go away at once.

• “It is time to go away,” He said.

CHANGES IN TENSES

Direct and Indirect Speeches

Multiple Choice

May: "I've just come back from my holiday in Bukittinggi."

May explained that __________ back from her holiday in Bukittinggi.

• she had had just come

• she have just come

• she had just come

• she has just come

• she had just came

Multiple Choice

Kay: "Did you enjoy it?"

Kay wondered if __________ it.

• I has enjoyed

• I had enjoyed

• I did enjoyed

• I have enjoyed

• I enjoyed

Multiple Choice

Sarah said she was not going to tolerate that anymore.

• "I am not going to tolerate that anymore," said Sarah.

• "I am not going to tolerate this anymore," said Sarah.

• "I was not going to tolerate that anymore," said Sarah.

• "She was not going to tolerate this anymore," said Sarah.

• "She is not going to tolerate this anymore," said Sarah.

Multiple Choice

Mr. Widi said that the Earth goes around the Sun.

• Mr. Widi said, "the Earth goes around the Sun."

• Mr. Widi said, "the Earth went around the Sun."

• Mr. Widi said, "the Earth had gone around the Sun."

• Mr. Widi said, "the Earth will go around the Sun."

• Mr. Widi said, "the Earth go around the Sun."

Multiple Choice

"Are you okay, Ivanne?" asked Abegail.

• Abegail asked if Ivanne is okay.

• Abegail asked Ivanne if she was okay.

• Abigail asked if Ivanne is not okay.

• Abegail asked Ivanne if she is okay.

• Abigail asked if Ivanne was not okay.

CHANGES IN TIME SIGNALS

Direct and Indirect Speeches

Multiple Choice

Wow dont you think its too much Katelyn asked

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• "Wow! Don't you think it's too much?" Katelyn asked.

• "Wow! Don't you think it's too much," Katelyn asked.

• "Wow! Don't you think it's too much!" Katelyn asked.

• "Wow, don't you think its too much?" Katelyn asked.

• "Wow! Don't you think its too much," Katelyn asked.

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?

• “Watch out for that puddle! Dad yelled."

• “Watch out for that puddle!” Dad yelled.
• Watch out for that puddle! “Dad yelled.”
• Watch out for “that puddle!” Dad yelled.
• "Watch out for that puddle! Dad yelled.