SPAG Term 2.1 Recap

Speech marks are needed for what?

• Direct Speech

• Indirect Speech

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Speech marks are also known as what?

• Inverted commas

• Quotation marks

• Both of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

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

Indirect speech

• expresses what was said without using the exact words.

• expresses what was said using the exact words.

• is where someone expresses their own words.

Speech marks indicate...

• Who is actually speaking
• What a person has said
• How loud someone is talking
• The way they are talking

Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly.

• “Do you want any sweets?” my dad asked. “I’m just about to go to the shop.”

• “Do you want any sweets? my dad asked”. I’m just about to “go to the shop.”

• Do you want any sweets? “my dad asked”. “I’m just about to go to the shop.”

• “Do you want any sweets?” “my dad asked.” I’m just about to go to the shop.

Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly.

• “We’re going to the theme park!” the little boy exclaimed.

• We’re going to the “theme park!” the little boy exclaimed.

• We’re going to the theme park! “the little boy exclaimed.”

• “We’re going to the theme park! the little boy exclaimed.”

Jeff said, "My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow".

He told me that his mother ________ the bus to work __________.

• was taking; the next day

• was taking; tomorrow

• had been taking; the next day

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:

Jocelyn said, "I will read this book next week."

• Jocelyn said that she would read this book next week.

• Jocelyn said that she would read that book the week after.

• Jocelyn said that she will read this book next week.

• Jocelyn said that she would read that book next week.

Convert the following sentence into direct speech:

Sandra said that she could play guitar.

• Sandra said, "She can play guitar."

• Sandra said, "I could play guitar."

• Sandra said, "I can play guitar."

• Sandra said, "She could play guitar."