Direct speech Flashcards
What is direct speech?
speech marks Around a part of the sentence being spoken. Exact words of the speaker. Indicated by inverted commas
What do we do before we close the speech marks?
End of punctuation at the end of each dialogue. Before we close the specch marks
where is the direct speech in cartoons?
Call tunes or comics have the direct speech in a speech bubble
What does direct speech consist of? The two parts
A close containing an introductory verbs such as sado asked. It indicates the speaker. It is the actual word spoken in closed in “and begins with a capital letter
What is the introductory words always followed by?
An introductory verb is always followed by a comma
What is the format of direct speech?
Introduction verb comes first before the words that are spoken. The spoken word sometimes come first. Spoken words will be followed by a comma, exclamation mark or a question mark. Never a full stop.
Eg. The supporters shouted,”Come on, Manchester United!”
Eg.2 “How long until half-time?”
What is the split sentence in direct speech?
The introductory verb may be found in the middle of the sentence. Which means it’s split the sentence into two parts. The second part is called the following sentence. It will not begin with a capital letter.
Eg. “You guys are hopeless” shouted the captain,”and are going to cost us the trophy!”
What is indirect speech?
We don’t use “. We change the pronounce and the verb tenses. Don’t start a new line. Also known as reported speech
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What is the punctuation of indirect speech?
Remove the inverted commas, question mark and capital letters. If the first word is a proper noun make it a capital letter.
Eg. Mother asked John if he had tidied his room
What are pronouns in indirect speech?
Change to ensure that the sentence remains its meaning.
Eg. Shahida said, “My family and I are going to the flea market today.”
Shahida said that she and her family would be going to the flea market that day.
What is the introductory verb and the word that?
Insert the word that to link the introductory verb to the spoken word.
Eg. Annabel says, “I love the sounds, smells, and vibe of the flea market.”
Annabel says that she loves the sound, smells and the vibe of the flea market
What is the question words in indirect speech?
Insert the word if or whether after questions using question verbs. Asked, enquired and question. If the first word of a question is a question word, use this word as the connection.
What is changing the tense of inductory verb?
nductory verb in present tense change it it has just been said past tense.
What is the adverbs of time and place changes in the past tense?
This - that
here - there
now - then
today - that day
yesterday - the previous day
The day before yesterday - two days ago
Tomorrow - the following day
The day after tomorrow - in two days time
What are commands in reported speech?
- The teacher ordered the children to do their homework.
- The teacher ordered that the children should do their homework
