Direct and Indirect Speech

Direct Speech: “It’s snowing now,” she said.

Indirect Speech: __________________.

• She said that it was snowing then.

• She said that it is snowing then.

• She said that it has been snowing then.

• She said that it snowed then.

Direct Speech:“I went to the bazaar yesterday,” she said.

Indirect Speech: __________________.

• She said that she went to the bazaar yesterday.

• She said that she was going to the bazaar the day before.

• She said that she had gone to the bazaar the day before.

• She said that she goes to the bazaar yesterday.

Direct Speech: “The children fell ill after dinner,” the nurse said.

Indirect Speech: __________________.

• The nurse said that the children fell ill after dinner.

• The nurse said that the children had fallen ill after dinner.

• The nurse said that the children have fallen ill after dinner.

• The nurse said that the children were falling ill after dinner.

Direct Speech: “No one knows where he went,” he said.

Indirect Speech: __________________.

Luke: “The cupcakes have gone missing.”

Indirect Speech: __________________.

Tim: “The movie was great.”

Indirect Speech: __________________.

Sam: “The pair of shoes suits me.”

Indirect Speech: __________________.

*Sam is a boy.

Zaidah: “My mother walks with a walking stick now.”

Indirect Speech: __________________.

*Zaidah is a girl.

Hashimah: “I studied in England for 4 years.”

Indirect Speech: __________________.

*Hashimah is a girl.

Nesa: “I am going to Canada tonight.”

Indirect Speech: __________________.

• Nesa said that she goes to Canada that night.

• Nesa said that she is going to Canada that night.

• Nesa said that she went to Canada that night.

• Nesa said that she was going to Canada that night.