DIRECT AND

INDIRECT

SPEECH

DIRECT SPEECHThe man shouted, “Come over here!”

Jonathan said, “I have lost my book again.”

Teacher Jackie asked, “Will you be attending the ballet workshop tomorrow?”

DIRECT SPEECH“Come over here!” shouted the man.

“I have lost my book again,” said Jonathan.

“Will you be attending the ballet workshop tomorrow?” asked Teacher Jackie.

DIRECT SPEECH“Come over here,” shouted the man,

“I want to talk to you!”

“I have lost my book,” said Jonathan, “and my favourite lunchbox.”

“Point your toes,” said Teacher Jackie, “and stand up straight.”

INDIRECT / REPORTED SPEECH• Remove the inverted commas,

question marks, exclamation marks and capital letters.

• Pronouns change to third person.• Start with the introductory verb +

that.He said that …

• If introductory verb is in the past tense, change all the verbs in the sentence one step back into the past.

INDIRECT / REPORTED SPEECH• Adverbs of time and place change in

the past tense.here – there this – thatnow – then today – that

dayyesterday – the previous daytomorrow – the following day

INDIRECT / REPORTED SPEECH• Questions

Introductory verb changes to asked / enquired / requested + if / whether

She asked whether they …

• CommandsIntroductory verb changes to ordered

/ commanded + toHe ordered them to …

INDIRECT / REPORTED SPEECH• Exclamations are replaced with words

describing the emotions.

“Ouch!” = She shouted in pain that …

“Oh, no,” = He said with despair that …

WRITE THE FOLLOWING CARTOON IN DIRECT SPEECH

“You know, Garfield,” said Jon …

“Yeah,” thought Garfield …

WRITE THE FOLLOWING CARTOON IN DIRECT SPEECH

Jon said, “…… continued Jon, …… thought Garfield.

WRITE THE FOLLOWING CARTOON IN DIRECT SPEECH

… said Jon.… thought Garfield.

WRITE THE FOLLOWING CARTOON IN DIRECT SPEECH

… purred Pretty.Garfield replied ...Pretty asked …… Garfield remarked.

INDIRECT / REPORTED SPEECHChange all the above sentences into reported speech.