WorksheetsDirect & Indirect Speech
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Direct speech is ....
when someone tells you what they feel
when someone shares the actual words of a speaker
when someone is too direct and rude
Indirect speech is ...
when we report what the other person said
when we quote the speaker
when we don't speak anything
Rewrite the given sentences using reported speech.
He said, "I live in the city center."
He said that I live in the city center.
He said that he lived in the city center.
He said, "He lives in city center."
He said, "I'll be there at 2 pm."
He said that he would be there at 2 pm.
He said he was there at 2 pm.
He said he cannot come at 2 pm.
She said, "I must go."
She said that I must go.
She said that she had to go.
She had to go.
My brother said, "Don't shout at mum."
My brother told me not to shout at mum.
My bother asked me to relax.
I was shouting at my mum.
Emma said, "My teacher is going to London tomorrow.”
Emma said, "My teacher is in London."
Emma said that she is going to London tomorrow.
Emma said that her teacher was going to London the following / the next day.
David said, "John had already finished work at five.”
David said that John had already finished work at five.
David said that he had finished his work at five.
John finished his work at five.
She said, "I can swim."
I can swim.
She said that I could swim
She said that she could swim.
Jessica said, "Don't play football in the garden."
Jessica requested to play football.
Jessica did not want to play football in the garden.
Jessica told me not to play football in the garden.
