DIRECT AND REPORTED SPEECH

Which one of these verb tense/phrase changes when it looks like a reported speech?

Ginny said, "I'm going to study with my friends tomorrow."

• Yesterday

• Next day

• Following year

• Following week

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!"

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."

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

My teacher said, “Tala High School is in Caloocan City.”

• My teacher said that Tala High School is in Caloocan City.

• My teacher said that Tala High School was in Caloocan City.

• My teacher said that Tala High School is not it Caloocan City.

She said, "I'll go shopping."

• She said she will go shopping.

• She said she would go shopping.

• She said she should go shopping.

• She said I will go shopping.

"I've broken your glass," Tim said to me.

• Tim told me that he had broken my glass.

• Tim said to me that he has broken my glass.

• Tim said to me that I have broken your glass.

• Tim told me that he has broken my glass.