Grammar: Direct and Indirect Speech

What is direct speech?

• Direct speech is when a person writes down their thoughts

• Direct speech is when a person speaks indirectly

• Direct speech is when a person speaks loudly

• Direct speech is when the exact words spoken by a person are quoted within quotation marks.

Define indirect speech.

• Indirect speech is when someone communicates through gestures

• Indirect speech is when someone reports what another person has said without quoting their exact words.

• Indirect speech is when someone speaks loudly

• Indirect speech is when someone writes down what they want to say

What are the rules for changing direct speech to indirect speech?

• Ignoring the original meaning

• Changing the speaker's accent

• Using the same tense and pronouns

• The rules for changing direct speech to indirect speech involve shifting the tense, pronouns, and time expressions while ensuring the meaning remains intact.

Explain the punctuation rules in direct and indirect speech.

• Punctuation marks are placed inside the quotation marks in direct speech and outside in indirect speech.

• Punctuation marks are placed outside the quotation marks in direct speech and inside in indirect speech.

• There are no specific punctuation rules for direct and indirect speech.

• Punctuation marks are omitted in both direct and indirect speech.

Rewrite the following direct speech into indirect speech: She said, 'I am going to the park.'

• She said that she goes to the park.

• She said that she was going to the park.

• She said that she is going to the park.

• She said that she will go to the park.

Identify the reporting verb in the following sentence: He mentioned that he had completed his homework.

• mentioned

• declared

• revealed

• stated

Change the following direct speech into indirect speech: 'I will call you later,' she said.

• She said that she will call you later.

• She said that she will call me later.

• She said that she will call herself later.

• She said that she would call me later.

In indirect speech, how do we report questions?

• Report questions by changing the question form to a statement form, often using 'if' or 'whether', and adjusting the tense if necessary.

• Report questions by changing the question form to an exclamation form

• Report questions by changing the question form to a command form

• Report questions by keeping the question form unchanged

Practice Exercise: Rewrite the following direct speech into indirect speech: 'I love to read books,' he exclaimed.

• He exclaimed that he loves to read books.

• He exclaimed that he loves reading books.

• He exclaimed that he loves to read book.

• He exclaimed that he loved to read books.