Direct speech and indirect 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...

• expresses what was said without using the exact words.

• where someone else expresses what was said.

• expresses what was said using the exact words.

• where someone expresses their own words.

My father said to me, "You must work hard".

• My father said to me that I must work hard.

• My father said to me that I had to work hard.

• My father said to me that you have to work hard.

• My father said to me that you must work hard.

Ching Song said, " I have finished my homework."

• Ching Song said that he had finished his homework."

• Ching Song said that he has finished his homework."

• Ching Song said that he had finished my homework."

• Ching Song said that he has finished my homework."

Mother asked Alan, "Are you going to marry her?"

• Mother asks Alan if he is going to marry her.

• Mother asked Alan if he is going to marry her.

• Mother asks Alan if he was going to marry her.

• Mother asked Alan if he was going to marry her.

"Let's eat out tomorrow" She said

• She said that we could eat out the next day.

• She suggested eating out tomorrow.

• She suggested that we should eat out the next day.

• She suggested that we ate out the next day.

Sandra said that she could play guitar.

• Sandra said, "I can play guitar."

• Sandra said, "She can play guitar."

• Sandra said, "I could play guitar."

• Sandra said, "She could play guitar."

She asked if I collected the English project.

• She asked, " did you collect the English project?"

• She asked, " have you collected the English project?"

• She asked, " do you collect the English project?"

• She asked, " had you collected the English project?"

His father ordered him to go to his room and study.

• His father said to him, "Go and study in your room."

• His father said, "Go to your room and study."

• His father shouted, "Go right now to your study room"

• His father said firmly, "Go and study in your room."

I told him that he was not working hard.

• I told to him, "You are not working hard."

• I said, "You are not working hard."

• I said to him, "You are not working hard."
  

• I said to him, "He is not working hard."