Direct and Reported Speech

She said, "I saw him."

• She said who she had seen him

• She said she saw him

• She said that she had seen him

My parents asked me, “Why are you crying?”

• My parents asked me why I was crying.

• My parents asked me why I am crying.

• My parents asked me why I had been crying.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Indirect speech is also known as what?

• Repeated speech

• Repeated statements

• Reported speech

• Reported statements

Tags

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Speech marks are also known as what?

• Inverted commas

• Quotation marks

• Both of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Identify the statement below.

She said, "I saw him."

• Direct Speech

• Reported Speech

Identify the statement below.

She said that she had seen him.

• Direct Speech

• Indirect Speech

Reported Speech refers to ...

• How someone else said before.

• What you are saying.

• How we represent the speech of other people.

• When somebody else said.

Laura: It is really late, we need to go. Is reported: She said ___________________________.

• It was really late, we needed to go.

• It is really late, we needed to go.

Marco: "I went to the movies with my friends". Is reported: He said that _________________________.

• I have gone to the movies with my friends.

• He had gone to the movies with his friends.

She said she had been listening to music.

• Direct speech

• Indirect Speec