Direct vs Indirect Speech

Direct Speech is..

• the reporting of speech by using similar words to the speaker.

• the reporting of speech by rephrasing what the speaker said.

• the reporting of speech by repeating the exact words of the speaker.

• the reporting of speech at the exact time it was said.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Indirect speech is...

• expresses what was said without using the exact words.

• expresses what was said using the exact words.

• where someone else expresses what was said.

• where someone expresses their own words.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Indirect speech is also known as what?

• Repeated speech

• Repeated statements

• Reported speech

• Reported statements

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Speech marks are needed for what?

• Direct Speech

• Indirect Speech

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:

The police man said to the boy, "Where do you live?"

• "Where do you live?", the policeman asked the boy.

• The policeman asked the boy where he lived.

• When speaking to the boy, the policeman asked where do you live?

• The policeman wanted to know where the boy lives.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

Convert the following statement into direct speech:

She asked the teacher when they could eat their snacks.

• The teacher was asked when the girl could eat her snacks.

• When can we eat our snacks?

• "When can we eat our snacks? She asked"

• She asked the teacher, "When can we eat our snacks?"

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.W.5.3B

My brother says “I met Tom at the party last night”

• My brother says that he had met me at the party last night.

• My brother said that he had met Tom at the party last night.

• My brother says that he met Tom at the party last night.

• My brother says that he meets Tom at the party last night”

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.SL.5.4

Mary told John, “My father warned me last night.”

• Mary told John that her warned her last night.

• Mary told John that her father had warned her last night.

• Mary told John that his father had warned me last night.

• Mary told John that her father warns her last night.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.RL.5.1

Demian said, “I am going out of town.”

• Demian said that I am going out of town.

• Demian said that he is going out of town.

• Demian said that he went out of town.

• Demian said that he was going out of town.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

He asked me, “Can you open your book?”

• He asked me to open my book.

• He asked me opening my book.

• He asked me to open your book.

• He asks me to open my book.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1