Direct and Reported Speech

Direct Speech is..

• the reporting of speech by using similar words to the speaker.

• the reporting of speech by rephrasing what the speaker said.

• the reporting of speech by repeating the exact words of the speaker.

• the reporting of speech at the exact time it was said.

Indirect speech is also known as what?

• Repeated speech

• Repeated statements

• Reported speech

• Reported statements

Indirect speech is...

• expresses what was said without using the exact words.

• expresses what was said using the exact words.

• where someone else expresses what was said.

• where someone expresses their own words.

Speech marks are needed for what?

• Direct Speech

• Indirect Speech

Speech marks are also known as what?

• Inverted commas

• Quotation marks

• Both of the above

Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?

• Max shouted, "I'll eat you up!"

• "Max shouted I'll eat you up!"

• Max shouted I'll eat you up.

• "Max shouted" I'll eat you up.

Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?

• “Watch out for” that puddle! Dad yelled.
• “Watch out for that puddle!” Dad yelled.
• Watch out for that puddle! “Dad yelled.”
• Watch out for “that puddle!” Dad yelled.

Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?

• Have you seen my “dog?” she asked.
• “Have you seen my dog? she asked.”
• “Have you seen my dog?” she asked.
• Have you seen “my dog?” she asked

John asked Mary, "Why do you get angry with me?"

• John asked Mary why she got angry with him.

• John asked Mary why she gets angry with him.

• John asked Mary why she had gotten angry with him.

• John asked Mary why she is angry with him.

We asked them, "Will you go to the movie with us?"

• We asks them whether they will go to the movie with us.

• We asks them whether they would go to the movie with us.

• We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us.

• We asked them whether they will go to the movie with us.