Direct & Indirect Speech

Direct speech is ....

• when someone tells you what they feel

• when someone shares the actual words of a speaker

• when someone is too direct and rude

Indirect speech is ...

• when we report what the other person said

• when we quote the speaker

• when we don't speak anything

Rewrite the given sentences using reported speech.

He said, "I live in the city center."

• He said that I live in the city center.

• He said that he lived in the city center.

• He said, "He lives in city center."

He said, "I'll be there at 2 pm."

• He said that he would be there at 2 pm.

• He said he was there at 2 pm.

• He said he cannot come at 2 pm.

She said, "I must go."

• She said that I must go.

• She said that she had to go.

• She had to go.

My brother said, "Don't shout at mum."

• My brother told me not to shout at mum.

• My bother asked me to relax.

• I was shouting at my mum.

Emma said, "My teacher is going to London tomorrow.”

• Emma said, "My teacher is in London."

• Emma said that she is going to London tomorrow.

• Emma said that her teacher was going to London the following / the next day.

David said, "John had already finished work at five.”

• David said that John had already finished work at five.

• David said that he had finished his work at five.

• John finished his work at five.

She said, "I can swim."

• I can swim.

• She said that I could swim

• She said that she could swim.

Jessica said, "Don't play football in the garden."

• Jessica requested to play football.

• Jessica did not want to play football in the garden.

• Jessica told me not to play football in the garden.