Direct and Indirect speech activities

Direct and Indirect Speech

by Emiliana Rufo

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Two types of Speech

Direct Speech

Indirect Speech

repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. When we use direct speech in writing, we place the words spoken between "quotation marks" and there is no change in these words.

is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken. We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to introduce the reported words.

Direct Speech

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Transform this sentence in indirect speech

Indirect Speech

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What has been changed???

Verbs

Place & Time

Direct Speech

Indirect Speech

today

that day

tonight

that night

now

then/at the moment

the day before

yesterday

ago

before

the week before

last week

the following year

next year

the next day

tomorrow

there

here

that

this

these

those

Telling a story

Yesterday I got home really tired and wanted to rest a bit...

...but my son Valerio had other plans for me and could not stop asking questions.

What questions did he ask me?

Possible examples

blah...

When my husband got home I was lying on the sofa...

blah...

blah...

Help!

blah...

blah...

blah...

...and when he asked why I was so tired

blah...

Blah...

I told him about how I couldn’t rest because Valerio had asked all those questions.

blah...

blah...

blah...

What did I say to my husband?

Possible examples

to say something to someone She said a secret to her boyfriend

Say

We use say and tell in different ways in reported speech.

to tell someone something She told him a secret

Tell

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