Reporting speeches

What is indirect speech?

• Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, and is the person's actual words.

• Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words

• Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not make sense

• It means literally nothing.

Which speech is indirect?

• The teacher said that we had to do our homework

• The teacher said "you all have to do your homework"

• It had been a very nice day.

• None of them make sense

Make the sentence direct speech.

Mario said that it was so hot today.(put full stop)

Which of these pictures acts the sentence?asking mom to play

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• None of these

Which of these are indirect speech?

• George said “I need help with my homework "

• The fisherman said, “I am going to catch a fish.”

• I need help with my work.

• Rakesh told Amit, “We were listening to music.”

Write the sentence in direct speech.

She said that she is ill.

What is the difference between indirect and direct.

• Direct Speech is from the speaker's standpoint, whereas indirect speech is from the third-person.

• None of them make sense.

• Direct Speech is from the speaker's standpoint, whereas indirect speech is the same.

• Direct Speech is from the speaker's standpoint, whereas indirect speech is from the listener's standpoint.

Choose the correct indirect speech.

He said that he will take his dog for a walk.

• Sentence does not make sense at all.

• He said that "I will take my dog for a walk"

• He said "I will take my dog for a walk".

• None of them.

Choose the correct reported speech?

• he said that "I am going to play video games"

• She said "I am very ill"

• She said this pizza is very tasty.

• None of them

Change the sentence into indirect speech

Shalini said, "I have completed the project. "

• Shalini saidI have completed the project.

• Shalini said that she has completed the project.

• None of them

• Doesn't make sense.