Direct and Indirect

What is the primary difference between direct and indirect speech?

• Direct speech uses quotation marks, while indirect speech does not.

• Direct speech reports the exact words, while indirect speech reports the meaning.

• Direct speech always changes the tense, while indirect speech does not.

• Direct speech is used for past events, while indirect speech is used for present events.

Which of the following is a characteristic of direct speech?

• The words spoken are reported and not directly repeated.

• Inverted commas are not used.

• The first word inside the inverted commas starts with a capital letter.

• The tense of the sentence is always changed.

When changing direct speech to reported speech, what happens to the inverted commas?

• They are replaced with a question mark.

• They are replaced with an exclamation mark.

• They are omitted.

• They remain unchanged.

If the direct speech is in the Simple Present tense, what tense does it change to in reported speech?

• Present Continuous

• Simple Past

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

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How does the pronoun 'We' typically change when converting direct speech to reported speech?

• I

• You

• They

• He/She