Direct and reported speech

Direct speech has _____________

• no speech marks

• speech marks

• no punctuation marks

• capital letters

Reported speech is also called __________

• Direct speech

• Speech marks

• Quotation marks

• Indirect speech

Identify which is direct speech.

• They said they didn't want to play football.

• Gemma said, "I don't like this song."

• Ali said that it was impossible to play tennis in the rain.

• William and Henry said that no one could find them.

Identify which is Reported speech.

• Sana said, "I love buying new clothes."

• Amy said that she had come from Australia.

• Martin said, "I have a meeting this evening."

• Aisha cried, "We are late!"

Which is NOT a direct speech?

• Farah said, "I am going to the party."

• "I prefer coffee," Tony said.

• Alex said that his mother came from Dubai the previous day.

• Emily said, "I feel I have fever."

Which is a direct speech?

• Gemma said that she couldn't understand anything she read.

• Jack and Jane said that it didn't belong to them.

• Tim said that his brother had already arrived.

• Ali said, "My parents attended the meeting."

Change to reported speech. Sana said _________________.

• that it was cold that day.

• "It is cold today."

• "It is a cold day."

• "It is going to be cold today."

Change to reported speech. Noora said

• "These shoes don't fit me."

• "These shoes are mine."

• "These shoes are not mine."

• that those shoes didn't fit her.

When changing from direct to reported speech, we

• change the tense of the verb

• change words like pronouns

• remove speech marks

• all of the above

What do you feel about Direct and reported speech?

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