He said, She said (Direct and Reported Speech)

The punctuation mark used to show words verbatim (word for word)

• Ellipsis

• Inverted commas

• Commas

• Full stop

Reporting someone else’s statement in your own words without any change in the meaning of the statement, it is called_____________ speech.

• Indirect

• Direct

• Passive

• Active

She says, “I am a little bit nervous.” ______________ speech

• Direct

• Indirect/Reported

She says that she is a little bit nervous. _____________ Speech

• Indirect/Reported

• Direct

He says, “He wants to buy this book.”

Rewrite in reported speech

• He says that he wants to buy that book.

• He said that he wanted to buy that book

Which of the following is the correct answer in Indirect speech

Direct Speech: The teacher said to me, “Shut the door.”

• The teacher ordered me to shut the door.

• The teacher said me to shut the door.

Is the following sentence written in Direct or Indirect speech?

I asked her when she did her homework.

• Direct

• Indirect

Which of the following is the correct answer

We said to him, “Are you ill?”

• We stated him if he was ill.

• We asked him if he was ill.

Which of the following is the correct answer?

He exclaimed with great joy that he had won the match.

• He said, “Hurray! I have won the match.”

• He said, “Hurray I have won the match.”

When we report something using the exact words of the speaker, we use?

• Direct Speech

• Indirect Speech