direct and indirect(reported) speech Flashcards
what is direct speech?
these are the words that are actually being said by a person.
what indicates that a sentence is in a direct format?
- it is indicated with inverted commas
what is direct speech often used for?
- for quotations
- to convey the exact words that a person has said
direct speech consists of two parts, what are they?
- a clause containing an introductory verb
E.g. said, asked - the actual words that are spoken
how do we differentiate between the clause containing the introductory verb and the words that are being spoken?
- the introductory verb is usually followed by a comma
- the words that are actually being spoken are enclosed within quotation marks and the first word starts with a capital letter
How do we change direct speech to indirect(reported) speech?
- remove punctuation
- change the pronouns
- add ‘that’ after the introductory verb
E.g. Jess said that…… - a.) insert ‘if’/’whether’ after a questions using question verbs.
E.g. The children asked if they could watch a movie
b.) if the first word of a question is a question word, use that word as a connecting word.
E.g. “why can’t i eat candy,” asked roxy
Roxy asked why she can’t eat candy - make sure the tense of the sentence remains the same.
- remember adverbs of place and time change in the past tense
what does here change to in reported speech?
there
what does this change to in reported speech?
that
what does now change to in reported speech
then
what does today change to in reported speech?
that day
what does yesterday change to in reported speech?
the previous day
what does the day before yesterday change to in reported speech?
two days ago
what does tomorrow change to in reported speech
the following day
what does the day after tomorrow change to in reported speech?
in two days time.
can we use exclamatory words in reported speech?
no
